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I know this simple fact to be true, for i myself have abandoned people who did not want me to go, and i myself have been abandoned by those whom i begged to stay.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
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I Know This Simple Fact To Be

Elizabeth Gilbert
I know this simple fact to be true, for i myself have abandoned people who did not want me to go, and i myself have been abandoned by those whom i begged to stay.
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