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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
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Hold
Someone
Give
Giving
Important
Even
Something
Onto
Love
Fool

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