Sarah Dessen Quotes

But the bottom line is that, as humans, we are by nature selfish creatures. The only way we care about anything, really, is by making it about us.

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• But the bottom line is that, as humans, we are by nature selfish creatures. The only way we care about anything, really, is by making it about us.

  

  Sarah Dessen
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