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But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing was, it was so freaking loud.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Like
Freaking
Filling
Loud
Lays
Ears
Silence
Thing

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