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title: "2 Shorter Fence Quotes by 1 author"
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> [“So close, I thought. A shorter fence, a fatter dog, and everything would be different. But wasn't that always the way. It's never something huge that changes everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/so-close-i-thought-a-shorter-fence-a-fatter-dog-and-everything-would/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

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> [“So close, I thought. A shorter fence, a fatter dog, and everything would be different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/so-close-i-thought-a-shorter-fence-a-fatter-dog-and-everything-would-2/)

[Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/sarah-dessen-110_fence_so-close-i-thought-a-shorter-fence-a-fat_2722501.png)

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