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It's funny how someone's perception of you can be formed without you even knowing it.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Knowing
Funny
Someone
Without
Even
Formed
Perception

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