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How long? His smile was amazingly sweet. The longest. For ever? Sam's lips smiled, but above his grin, his yellow eyes turned sad, as if he knew it was a lie. Longer.

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Lying
Yellow
Eye
Lips
Ever
Turned
Long
Smile
Sweet
Amazingly
Longer
Grin
Knew
Longest
Eyes
Smiled

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