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There is something extraordinary about the first time falling.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Fall
Firsts
First
Something
Time
Crush
Falling
Extraordinary

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