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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
Casts
Didn
Worked
Come
Empty
Nothing
Thoughts
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