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But there was something I liked about the idea of those seeds buried so deep having at least a chance to emerge

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Idea
Ideas
Emerge
Something
Buried
Seeds
Liked
Deep
Least
Chance

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