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The health of the people I love is all that really matters in this world. Period.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Matters
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Health
Matter
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Love
World
People
Period

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