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It is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Pieces
Strange
Waiting
Past
Futures
Matched
Wait
Hold

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