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When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Woods
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Realizing
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