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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
Thought
Horse
Incomprehensible
Good
Speech
Soothing
Behinds
Gently
Listening
Horses
Behind
Ride
Wonder
Anywhere
Feeling
Fingers
Outlander
Feelings
Ears
Rubbing

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