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So I just decided to relax into it, bumpy and crazy as it might be, and try for once to just go along for the ride.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Bumpy
Ride
Relax
Decided
Along
Crazy
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