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It wasn't like I was some expert on the meaning of being supportive. Was it being loyal even against your better judgement? Or, like Olivia, was it making your displeasure known from the start, even when someone didn't want to hear it?

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Didn
Loyal
Someone
Experts
Meaning
Better
Wasn
Olivia
Even
Hear
Displeasure
Like
Start
Expert
Known
Supportive
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Judgement

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