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She had the power to destroy. I had only seen the power to love. When you discovered both, who could figure out what to do with that?

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Kami Garcia
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 25
Artist
Novelist
Teacher
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Washington
District of Columbia
Discovered
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