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Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.
Emma Donoghue
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Emma Donoghue
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: October 24
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I always wince a little bit when I send me to each of my new books. I wince at submitting myself to my father's judgment. But, of course, he's such a fond father that he always writes back, saying it's the greatest thing ever written.
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