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Some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Chaotic
Imperfect
Meant
Broken
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But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it. -Eli
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I'd been convinced I was on the outside, but really, I'd always been within arm's reach. All I had to do was ask, and I, too, would be easily brought back, surrounded and immersed, finding myself safe, somewhere in between.
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I've seen what commitment leads to. Going in is the easy part. It's the ending that sucks! -Remy
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It passed, though. That was the bad thing. It always passed.
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In a way, I was almost happy to see her. The worst part of me, out in the flesh. Blinking back at me in the dim light, daring me to call her a name other than my own.
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