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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.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Way
Loss
Fight
Feeling
Fighting
Feelings
Mother
Easily
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Anger
Feels
Toward

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