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This is a difficult balance, telling the truth: how much to share, how much to keep, which truths will wound but not ruin, which will cut too deep to heal.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Truth
Honesty
Much
Telling
Balance
Wound
Cutting
Ruin
Deep
Truths
Share
Ruins
Difficult
Wounds
Keep
Heal

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