The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because fo…

Sarah Dessen
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The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2013). The Moon and More, p.230, Penguin
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