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Together, we looked down at the tiny house, the sole thing on this vast, flat surface. Like the only person living on the moon. It could be either lonely or peaceful, depending on how you looked at it. It's a start, I said.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Persons
Lonely
Depending
Person
Looked
Flat
Thing
Moon
Flats
Like
Either
Sole
Start
Vast
Living
Peaceful
House
Tiny
Together
Surface

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