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She had sacrificed her childhood to save her brothers she loved her family above all else, and her spirits yearned to return home once more, to the wild forest and the land of mystic tales and ancient spirits whence he had taken her. That was the place of her heart, and if he loved her, he must let her go.

Juliet Marillier

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Juliet Marillier
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 27
Novelist
Writer
Dunedin
New Zealand
Else
Childhood
Spirits
Place
Brother
Forest
Home
Return
Brothers
Must
Loved
Forests
Heart
Land
Tales
Yearned
Taken
Wild
Whence
Family
Ancient
Sacrificed
Spirit
Save
Mystic

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