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I am a better person when I have less on my plate.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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I've been screwed and sued and tattooed, and I'm still standin' here in front of you.
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Moss is inconceivably strong. Moss eats stone scarcely anything, in return, eats moss. Moss dines upon boulders, slowly but devastatingly, in a meal that lasts for centuries. Given enough time, a colony of moss can turn a cliff into gravel, and turn that gravel into topsoil.
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Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me.
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