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I want to reach out and grab his hand and hold it to me, right over my heart, right where it aches the most. I don't know if doing that would heal me or make my heart break entirely, but either way this constant hungry waiting would be over.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Right
Constant
Heart
Reach
Way
Hold
Aches
Make
Either
Grab
Would
Hand
Ache
Break
Entirely
Waiting
Heal
Hands
Hungry

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