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When you've never gotten love from someone, you don't know what it might look like if it ever does appear. You look for it in everything: any bright light overhead could be a star.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Looks
Stars
Never
Someone
Love
Light
Like
Doe
Overhead
Ever
Gotten
Look
Bright
Might
Appear
Everything
Star

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