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It was hard to remember what the yard had looked like even twelve hours before, undisturbed and pristine. Like it takes so little to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Even
Forget
Undisturbed
Something
Change
Pristine
Way
Remember
Yard
Make
Littles
Yards
Like
Little
Twelve
Wells
Looked
Well
Takes
Hard
Hours

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