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I cannot let a place that is so important to so many people fade away. Something that is wonder and comfort and mystery all together that they have nowhere else. If you had that, wouldn't you want to keep it?
Erin Morgenstern
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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
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