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The mosquitoes here are big enough to rape a chicken.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Chickens
Bigs
Enough
Rape
Mosquitoes
Chicken

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