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It's not always so simple, Haven. Sometimes there isn't a good guy and a bad guy. Sometimes even the ones you want to believe turn out to be liars.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Simple
Sometimes
Liars
Even
Havens
Believe
Haven
Good
Ones
Always
Turn
Guy
Turns

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