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How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I wouldn't do it alone.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
World
Wouldn
Least
Hand
Alone
Gripping
Knowing
Beneath
Moving
Fell
Felt
Mines
Hands
Mine

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