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I hate the thought of her being forced into a box that doesn't fit her. Of having her wings cut off, her sight blinded, her hearing muted, her voice stilled.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
Doesn
Boxes
Thought
Hearing
Wings
Fit
Sight
Stilled
Cutting
Muted
Voice
Blinded
Hate
Forced

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