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You can never be sure of anyone until you're close enough to see them clearly.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Never
Clearly
Close
Anyone
Sure
Enough

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