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he was still my romantic hero and I was still his living dream

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Waterbury
Connecticut
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Still
Romantic
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Dream

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you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead.
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