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To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Novelist
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Waterbury
Connecticut
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Sometimes
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Life
Balanced
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