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I wanted to tell him so. Find the right words, string them together in the ideal way, knowing that here they would have the best chance of sounding perfect.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Tell
String
Together
Strings
Best
Ideal
Find
Ideals
Wanted
Knowing
Right
Chance
Way
Perfect
Would
Words
Sounding

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