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How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much?

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Fully
Appreciate
Anything
Much
Overwhelmed

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