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It was just that she had the need to tell him something honest, something honest and unhappy, because cheerful lies tonight were too depressing and too sharp, turning in on her like pins

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Something
Tonight
Like
Unhappy
Lies
Honest
Pins
Lying
Depressing
Tell
Cheerful
Need
Sharp
Needs
Turning

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