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Sorry, I've had enough of running away, Sophie. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.
Diana Wynne Jones
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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
Sophie
Howl
Sorry
Protect
Running
Away
Enough
Something
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Controller Borasus sighed with relief. Libraries were not places of danger. It had to be a hoax.
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