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So much of life is in the smallness of moments...but they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant.

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Feels
Celebration
Needs
Occasions
Much
Significant
Life
Mark
Like
Harder
People
Moments
Celebrations
Need
Grander
Feel
Smallness

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