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The act of quiet nighttime talking, illustrates for me more than anything else the curious alchemy of companionship.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
Author
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
Waterbury
Connecticut
Love
Alchemy
Heartbreak
Companionship
Curious
Quiet
Talking
Else
Illustrates
Anything
Nighttime

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