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Sometimes out hearts are broken so new light can get in.

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
Sometimes
Heart
Hearts
Broken
Light

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