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If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Hold
Proud
Head
High
Trying
Work
Way
Things
Determination

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