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We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Misconception
Wrapped
Miss
Missing
Beauty
Simple
Truth
Misconceptions

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