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It occurred to me then that I was the opposite of my father. Because I was very, very good at destroying things.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Occurred
Destroying
Opposite
Opposites
Father
Good
Things

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