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No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind my ears, listening to the soothing, incomprehensible speech. If I were a horse, I’d let him ride me anywhere.

Diana Gabaldon

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Diana Gabaldon
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 11
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Williams
Arizona
Diana J. Gabaldon Perez
Feeling
Fingers
Outlander
Feelings
Ears
Rubbing
Thought
Horse
Incomprehensible
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Speech
Soothing
Behinds
Gently
Listening
Horses
Behind
Ride
Wonder
Anywhere

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