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The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
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Motivational
Inspirational
Best
Come
Heart
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Gifts

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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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