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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Borrowed
Esther
Tics
Gum

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I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.
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Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.
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The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.
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And for one second, it was like I could feel the timing clicking together, finally pieces falling into place.
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In midair, dangling lost above the world.
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Again, it occurred to me how weird it was to be permanent in a place that to everyone else was only temporary. Like I could never be sure if they were the ones who weren't real, or if I was.
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Together, we looked down at the tiny house, the sole thing on this vast, flat surface. Like the only person living on the moon. It could be either lonely or peaceful, depending on how you looked at it. It's a start, I said.
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But it was too early to know: there were always more pages to go, more words to be written, before the story was over.
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There's this other half of him I don't know of, it's like he is trying to keep it a secret... if he would just let me inside so I can help.
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I just thought to my self, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. To both of us. That we were, in fact, meant to be together.
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After everything that happened, how could I miss him? But I did, I did.
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But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard.
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I think I'm way too much of a control freak to co-author anything with anyone. I have a hard enough time writing with myself! I admire people that can do it, but it's not for me.
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It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.
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I would miss Colby, but it wasn't going anywhere. All the more reason why I should.
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She was just a shell of her former self, functioning and talking but hardly alive.
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Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,' Wallace said, 'it's a coffee table, not an orphan.
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You asked me to go out with you. I know you probably changed your mind. But you should know, the answer was yes. It's always been yes when it comes to you.
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How weird that must be, to stay the same as everyone else changes.
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It was just one of those things, I said, You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it.
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