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Forgetting lets you live without the pain for a moment but remembering hits hard.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Live
Remembering
Without
Hits
Hard
Lets
Forget
Moment
Pain
Moments
Remember
Forgetting

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