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The language of solace, and comets, and the girls we all become, in the end.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Language
Girl
Ends
Become
Comets
Solace
Girls

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Once I turned eighteen, I could cut myself off from everyone and finally get what I wanted, which was to be on my own, once and for all. ~Ruby, pg 38
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Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.
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