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I have tried to be righteous all my life. Yet I have never been content.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Righteous
Content
Tried
Never
Life

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