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It's been so long since I've let myself feel anger that I don't just feel it. It covers my mouth and I swallow it down, the taste sharp and metal as though I'm gnawing through foilware.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Long
Mouth
Mouths
Anger
Gnawing
Taste
Swallow
Since
Covers
Though
Metal
Feel
Metals
Feels
Sharp

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