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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.
Sarah Dessen
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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
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