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I knew this feeling, the 2 a.m. loneliness that I'd practically invented.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Insomnia
Practically
Invented
Loneliness
Knew
Feeling
Feelings

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