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I'm not good at love. I'm like a barbed creature. I push everyone I love away.

Kristin Cashore

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Away
Good
Love
Like
Barbed
Creature
Push
Creatures
Everyone

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That's interesting, Bitterblue said. You think a conscience requires fear?
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