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In those first few hours officially single again the world seems like it expands, suddenly bigger and more vast now that you have to get through it alone.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
First
Vast
Like
Suddenly
World
Bigger
Single
Alone
Hours
Seems
Officially
Firsts
Expands

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