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More like some small, fierce bird of prey, something with a sharp bite. An owl perhaps, that speaks only when the rest of the world sleeps. Jenny will do well enough.

Juliet Marillier

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Juliet Marillier
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 27
Novelist
Writer
Dunedin
New Zealand
Enough
Bird
Owl
Something
Perhaps
Sleeps
Like
Rest
Bite
World
Sleep
Prey
Small
Bites
Speak
Sharp
Wells
Fierce
Well
Speaks
Jenny

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