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You're not the kind of person who smiles for nothing, Colie. I have to earn every one.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Persons
Person
Nothing
Every
Kind
Smiles
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