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Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.

Jeannette Walls

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
Writer
Phoenix
Arizona
Treasure
Shining
Places
Darkness
Afraid
Dark
Light
Find
Shine

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[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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