He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that m…

Sarah Dessen
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He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn't count. You were either in, or you weren't. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2009). Along for the Ride, p.221, Penguin
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