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Clearly, sharing something could take you a long way, or at least to a different place than you'd planned. Like a friendship or a family, or even jsut alone on a curb on a Saturday, trying to get your bearings as best you can.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Long
Alone
Bearings
Something
Family
Curb
Way
Place
Planned
Like
Best
Saturday
Take
Sharing
Different
Clearly
Even
Friendship
Trying
Least

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