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To journey without being changed, is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journeying is to be a pilgrim.
Mark Nepo
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Mark Nepo
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 23
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Brooklyn
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