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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
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Evanston
Illinois
Tame
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But there was something I liked about the idea of those seeds buried so deep having at least a chance to emerge
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It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.
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It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless.
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I waited. Because with Eli, he was never trying to get you to finish for him. He always knew where he was going, even if it took a little while to get there.
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The thing about Wes, Delia said to me, unwrapping another package of turkey, is that he thinks he can fix anything. And if he can't fix it, he can at least do something with the pieces of what's broken.
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But as was so often the case, it was the one person missing who you thought about more than the ones who were right in front of you.
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He's getting dumped. And he doesn't even know it yet. He's probably eating a cheeseburger or flossing or picking up his dry cleaning, and he has no idea. No inkling.
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I don't lie. You don't lie, I repeated. That's what I said. Ever. Nope. Sure you don't, I thought.
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Forgiveness is hard. Acceptance is doable.
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Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.
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And for one second, it was like I could feel the timing clicking together, finally pieces falling into place.
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It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do - need to do - more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.
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The only trick was never giving more that you were willing to lose.
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The end of a wedding reception is always so depressing. And only the bride and groom are spared, jetting off into the sunset while the rest of us wake up the next morning to just another day.
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I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be turned away. Not everything is a winner, which is tough when you've devoted eight or nine months of your life to something.
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It was kind of soothing, these sounds of lives being lived all around me, for better or for worse. And there I was, in the middle of them all, newly reborn and still waiting for mine to begin.
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I thought of all the times we'd been together, how I kept coming closer, then retreating, while he stayed right where he was. A constant in a world where few, if any, really existed.
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You just walk over there and into the office and say, 'Hey, be my prom date,' he said. It's that simple.
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