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It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do.
Sarah Dessen
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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
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Evanston
Illinois
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So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.
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