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It took a lot of work to be perfect.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Evanston
Illinois
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He wasn't what I'd thought he was maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either.
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I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.
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I am the middle sister. The one in between. Not oldest, not youngest, not boldest, not nicest. I am the shade of gray, the glass half empty or full, depending on your view. In my life, there has been little that I have done first or better than the one preceding or following me. Of all of us, though, I am the only one who has been broken.
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