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It’s never something huge that changes the everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you’re busy focusing on the big picture.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Everything
Busy
Something
Picture
Never
Changes
Balance
Tweaking
Instead
Irrevocably
Huge
Tiniest
Universe
Focusing
Bigs
Details

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