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Where do you get your ideas? people ask. Sometimes they’re at the bottoms of cups of tea. Sometimes they’re lurking in my shower. Sometimes they’re waiting patiently in glass cases in museums.
Erin Morgenstern
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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
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