All I'd wanted for so long was for someone to explain everything that …

Sarah Dessen
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All I'd wanted for so long was for someone to explain everything that had happened to me in this same way. To label it neatly on a page: this leads to this leads to this. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2006). The Truth About Forever, p.9, Penguin
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