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I walk through the seasons and always the birds are singing and screaming and keening for love When you're with me it seems so absurd that I should be jealous of the jay and the dove.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Bird
Singing
Walk
Dove
Walks
Screaming
Seems
Jealous
Always
Birds
Love
Absurd
Seasons

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