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It was becoming clear to me that I shouldn't bother to get too attached to anything. Turn your back and you lose it. Just like that.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Back
Shouldn
Like
Becoming
Lose
Loses
Turn
Clear
Turns
Attached
Anything
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