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I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never have any time to write.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Never
Uninteresting
Time
Entirely
Think
Exciting
Thinking
Worry
Life
Write
Truth
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