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Cheryl Strayed Quotes: It was my life — like all lives, mysterious and irrevocable and sacred. So very close, so very present, so very belonging to me. How wild it was, to let it be.
         

It was my life — like all lives, mysterious and irrevocable and sacred. So very close, so very present, so very belonging to me. How wild it was, to let it be.


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This page presents the quote "It was my life — like all lives, mysterious and irrevocable and sacred. So very close, so very present, so very belonging to me. How wild it was, to let it be.". Author of this quote is Cheryl Strayed. This quote is about life, mysterious, irrevocable, sacred, belonging,.