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...the air seeming to gather around her like held breath. As if this whole place were a story about her.

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Laini Taylor
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: December 11
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A bruxis. That was the one wish more powerful than a gavriel, and its trade value was singular: The only way to purchase one was with one’s own teeth. All of them, self-extracted.
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If he does he's a fool, said Hazael. The message is clear. Please enjoy this lovely fruit while contemplating all the ways we might kill you in your sleep.
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A wave of weariness took him. How could life be so unrelentingly ugly?
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I am one of billions. I am stardust gathered fleetingly into form. I will be ungathered. The stardust will go on to be other things someday and I will be free.
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