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Celia. he says without looking up at her, why do we wind our watch? Because everything requires energy, she recites obediently, eyes still focused on her hand. We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

Erin Morgenstern

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
Must
Energy
Wind
Hands
Says
Recites
Stills
Hand
Obediently
Change
Effort
Celia
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Eye
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