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Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative. Which is? Not even trying. Now he did look at me, straight on. Life's short, you know?

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Failing
Short
Better
Look
Sucks
Looks
Alternative
Even
Alternatives
Trying
Life
Straight

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