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We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we are afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
Author
Essayist
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Inspirational
Ruins
Change
Transformation
Things
Misery
Road
Gift
Crumbling
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Settle
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