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You don’t have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt with. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding and my dear one, you and I have been granted a mighty generous one.
Cheryl Strayed
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Cheryl Strayed
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 17
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