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Maybe my sister and I shared more than we thought. We were both waiting and wishing for something we couldn't completely control: I wanted to be alone, and she the total opposite. It was weird, really, to have something so contrary in common. But at least it was something.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Really
Alone
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Maybe
Opposites
Waiting
Weird
Common
Contrary
Wish
Completely
Wishing
Thought
Couldn
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Wanted
Control
Sister
Something
Least
Opposite

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