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Death smells like birthday cake.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Smells
Cake
Birthday
Smell
Death
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Sam did smile then, and said softly, Hey Angel.
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I couldn't think of anything to say. I was idiotically entranced by the way he said Grace. The tone of it. The way his lips formed the vowels. The timbre of his voice stuck in my head like music.
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I have a certain avoidance of reality that makes fantasy an ideal choice for me.
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The way Gansey saw it was this: if you had a special knack for finding things, it meant you owed the world to look.
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Hello, Grace's parents. I'm Grace's boyfriend. Please notice the chaste distance between us. I am very responsible and have never had my tongue in your daughter's mouth.
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It seemed like the best weapons in my life had always been the most innocuous: empty plastic bins, a blank CD, an unmarked syringe, my smile in a dark room.
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