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It's so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Sometimes
People
Dreamland
Caught
Expect
Lose
Loses
Easy

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