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It's nice to have options even if you can't take them.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Evanston
Illinois
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Nice
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It took a lot of work to be perfect.
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So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood how I felt. Now, though, I sometimes wished for more.
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But I saw Blake earlier and he said he and Nate were taking off for an overnight business thing. So... ... you're just going to jump their fence and their pool, I finished for her. Silence. Then Jamie said, It's twenty-five degrees! In December! Do you know what this means? The apocalypse?
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Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding... that's where things get sticky.
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You’re always a kid around your parents… Unless they’re acting like children. Then you don’t get the chance.
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funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story
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I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.
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After everything that happened, how could I miss him? But I did, I did.
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Maybe my sister and I shared more than we thought. We were both waiting and wishing for something we couldn't completely control: I wanted to be alone, and she the total opposite. It was weird, really, to have something so contrary in common. But at least it was something.
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It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.
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I took in a breath. What's the one thing you'd do, I asked. if you could do anything? Pass, he said. For a second I was sure I'd heard wrong. What? He cleared his throat. I said, I pass. Why? He turned his head and looked at me. Because. Because why? Because I just do.
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None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.
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Some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic.
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When I pictured myself, it was always like just an outline in a colouring book, with the inside not yet completed.
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Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.
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You asked me to go out with you. I know you probably changed your mind. But you should know, the answer was yes. It's always been yes when it comes to you.
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