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But even more so, it reminded me that this was all really happening. Stanford. The end of the summer. The beginning of my real life. It was no longer just creeping up, peeking over the horizon, but instead lingering in plain sight.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Beginning
Lingering
Instead
Reminded
Longer
Plain
Ends
Horizon
Real
Happenings
Even
Happening
Peeking
Really
Summer
Creeping
Life
Sight
Stanford

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