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It seemed like this day could go in so many directions, like a spiderweb shooting out toward endless possibilities.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Toward
Possibility
Many
Like
Directions
Possibilities
Shooting
Endless
Seemed

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