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Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that.

Ally Condie

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Ally Condie
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 2
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cedar City
Utah
Growing
Fact
Doesn
Tangled
Change
Apart
Long
Glad
Always
Roots
Time
Grew
Side

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