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Our relationship now thoroughly ruined, with even civility destroyed between us, all I wanted anymore was the door.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Even
Thoroughly
Ruined
Destroyed
Anymore
Door
Doors
Relationship
Wanted
Civility

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