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But the people who took the bus didn't experience the city as we experienced the city. The pain made the city more beautiful. The story made us different characters than we would have been if we had skipped the story and showed up at the ending an easier way.

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Donald Miller
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 12
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