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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.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Work
Turn
Love
Turns
Life
Story
People
Everyone
Lives
Doesn
Fronts
Stories
Front
Real
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