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It's not knowing how to write that makes you interesting, it's what you write.

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Interesting
Write
Makes
Writing
Knowing

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There is something extraordinary about the first time falling.
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Love changes what is probable and makes unlikely things possible
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I wonder if I will ever have the strength to hold onto something. Or if I will always be someone who destroys.
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Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that.
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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.
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When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves.
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The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.
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Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?
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I realize now how much courage it takes to choose the life you want, whatever that might be.
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Caring about anyone leaves you vulnerable.
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You cannot change your journey if you are unwilling to move at all.
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It's been so long since I've let myself feel anger that I don't just feel it. It covers my mouth and I swallow it down, the taste sharp and metal as though I'm gnawing through foilware.
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In the end you can't always choose what to keep. You can only choose how you let it go.
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And I laugh at myself for thinking I could touch the sky.
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Now that I've found the way to fly, which direction should I go into the night?
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In a story, you can turn to the front and begin again and everyone lives once more. That doesn't work in real life. And I love my real people the most.
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And it is strange that absence can feel like presence.
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Why are some things easier to write than say?
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Because I feel no anger toward my mother. Only loss, and loss is a feeling you can’t fight your way out of as easily.
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Theres nothing like reading about a world that feels dead to throw your own beautiful, colorful life into sharp relief.
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