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And then I opened my eyes and it was just Grace and me - nothing anywhere but Grace and me - she pressing her lips together as though she were keeping my kiss inside her, and me, holding this moment that was as fragile as a bird in my hands.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Moments
Lips
Pressing
Hands
Bird
Fragile
Together
Inside
Opened
Nothing
Grace
Holding
Eyes
Kiss
Though
Keeping
Eye
Anywhere
Moment
Kissing

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