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It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Accepting
Doesn
Make
Things
People
Helpless
Weak
Accept
Okay

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