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I'm just a butterfly, a mourning cloak, sealed inside a cocoon with blnd eyes and stiky wings. And suddenly I wonder if the cocoons sometimes do not open, if the butterfly inside is ever simply not strong enough to break through.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Ever
Inside
Cocoons
Enough
Simply
Sealed
Sometimes
Open
Cloak
Wonder
Cloaks
Break
Mourning
Eyes
Butterfly
Eye
Suddenly
Strong
Wings
Cocoon

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