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Have you ever thought about it, about simply leaving? Really, truly thought about it with the intent to follow through and not as a dream or a passing fancy?

Erin Morgenstern

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
Really
Passing
Leaving
Follow
Truly
Simply
Dream
Intent
Thought
Passings
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Fancy

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