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Love changes what is probable and makes unlikely things possible

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Possible
Makes
Things
Love
Probable
Unlikely
Changes
Choices

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