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I reached up with my finger and traced the scar over my eyebrow, remembering when that was the greatest hurt I'd ever known.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Evanston
Illinois
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Fingers
Greatest
Eyebrow
Hurt
Traced
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Eyebrows
Remember
Remembering
Ever
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Finger

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