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It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Changing
Depends
Choose
Forever
Live
Always
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