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You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Something
Fake
Somewhere
Tell
Persons
Person
Matter
Hard
Trying
Belonged

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