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Sometimes beauty needs a bit of ignoring, to properly come into being.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
Author
Essayist
Novelist
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Beauty
Come
Sometimes
Needs
Ignoring
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