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How it seemed like you could see everything, but certain things were blocked out, hidden.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Everything
Things
Like
Blocked
Hidden
Seemed
Certain

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