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There is ebb and flow. Leaving and coming. Flight and fall. Sing and silent. Reaching and reached.

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Fall
Reached
Reaching
Flight
Leaving
Sing
Silent
Flow
Coming

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