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If there was a way to recognize something you'd never seen but still knew by heart, I felt it as I looked at his face. Finally, someone understood.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Never
Faces
Felt
Recognize
Someone
Finally
Stills
Looked
Still
Understood
Heart
Knew
Something
Seen
Way
Face

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