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There is a path toward the light. The one that goes blink, blink, blink inside your chest when you know what you're doing is right. Listen to it. Trust it. Let it make you stronger than you are.

Cheryl Strayed

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Cheryl Strayed
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 17
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