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Reality is crushing. The world is a wrong-sized shoe. How can anyone stand it?

Jandy Nelson

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Jandy Nelson
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
Writer
New York City
New York
World
Crushing
Shoe
Crush
Shoes
Stand
Anyone
Wrong
Reality
Sized

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