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During this time we've been apart, it's you I've thought of when I'm at my weakest, and you who have pulled me through.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Weakest
Pulled
Apart
Thought
Time

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