"It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What……" — Sarah Dessen
"It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' she said slowly, and now it was as if she was speaking a language she knew at first I wouldn't understand, the very words, not to mention the concept, being foreign to me. 'Macy, no. It's not."
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751 Quotes by Sarah Dessen
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