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You might get nothing out of it at all except a beautiful, long life where all you did was follow your gorgeous curiosity. And that should be enough too.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Essayist
Novelist
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Long
Gorgeous
Life
Curiosity
Except
Follow
Beautiful
Might
Nothing
Enough

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