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But wishes were empty thoughts, cast down a dark hole. They didn't come true unless you worked for them. I'd learned that about the world, if nothing more.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
World
Unless
Hole
Learned
Wishes
Dark
Holes
Wish
Cast
True
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Didn
Worked
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Empty
Nothing
Thoughts
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