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You're good at love, she said simply, because it seemed to her that it was true. I'm not so good at love. I'm like a barbed creature. I push everyone I love away. He shrugged. I don't mind you pushing me away if it means you love me, little sister.

Kristin Cashore

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Away
Sister
Like
True
Pushing
Littles
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Little
Seemed
Mean
Creatures
Mind
Simply
Barbed
Everyone
Shrugged
Good
Means
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