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It's harder that in looks, I told him when I finally got back in the car. Most things are.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Harder
Told
Back
Looks
Things
Finally
Car

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