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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.

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
Obediently
Stills
Hand
Celia
Change
Effort
Requires
Still
Eyes
Focused
Anything
Looking
Watches
Everything
Eye
Without
Wish
Watch
Must
Energy
Wind
Recites
Hands
Says

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