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Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Home
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People
Towns
Whenever
Single
Loved
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House
Maps
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Wherever

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