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Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist.

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Nothing
Shatter
Idealist
Shield
Shields
Fragile
Easier

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