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Life was a short window and there was no sense in doing the wrong thing over and over even if it was so difficult to stop.

Anna Godbersen

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Anna Godbersen
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 10
Writer
Berkeley
California
Choices
Wrong
Difficult
Sense
Even
Thing
Window
Life
Short
Stop

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