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Morning would come before we knew it. It always did. But we still had the night, and for now, we were together, so I just closed my eyes and drank it all in.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Still
Closed
Come
Knew
Always
Eyes
Would
Morning
Eye
Night
Stills
Together
Drank

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