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Does loving someone mean you want them to be safe? Or that you want them to be able to choose?

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Able
Mean
Loving
Safe
Choose
Someone
Doe

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