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But I believe we all have an inner goodness a little flame that stays alight through the worst of trials.

Juliet Marillier

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Juliet Marillier
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 27
Novelist
Writer
Dunedin
New Zealand
Flames
Trials
Goodness
Inner
Worst
Littles
Alight
Little
Stays
Believe
Flame

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