Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, th…

Sarah Dessen
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Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is. ✨ Just Listen. Book by Sarah Dessen, 2006.
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Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is. ✨ Just Listen. Book by Sarah Dessen, 2006.

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