Because this is what happens when you try to run from the p… - Sarah Dessen

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Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. it doesn't just catch up: it overtakes, blotting out the future, the landscape, the very sky, until there is no path left except that which leads through it, the only one that can ever get you home.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American writer for young adults who lives and teaches in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.

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