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Her father picks different names for her as they change locales, but he uses Miranda often, presumably because he knows how much it annoys her.

Erin Morgenstern

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
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Often
Miranda
Father
Annoys
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Presumably
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Secrets have power, and that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them.
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We cannot go backward,' Marco says. 'A great deal is not how it used to be.
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Misdirection is one of my strengths.
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I’ve missed you,” he whispers softly. The air between them is electric as he leans in, gently brushing his lips against her neck. In the next room, the guests complain about the sudden increase in temperature. Fans are drawn from colorful bags, fluttering like tropical birds.
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It's a wonderful sort of feeling when people want to spend more time in a world you created.
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Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.
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You believe you could not live with the pain. Such pain is not lived with. It is only endured. I am sorry.
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I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.
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Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.
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But you built me dreams instead.
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It's helpful for me to get ideas - the physical action of painting. Sometimes it frees up your writer brain. It's nice for me now that the writing has become a serious career that painting can become more like a hobby.
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