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Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Evanston
Illinois
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Something
Onto
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Fool
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