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I had risked everything, and I had nothing to show for it but my open hand, lying empty and palm up toward the ceiling.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Everything
Empty
Nothing
Toward
Hand
Open
Risked
Lying
Ceiling
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Palm
Shows
Ceilings
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