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The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you.

Kristin Cashore

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Way
Would
Confuse
Straight
Running
Keep
Mind

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