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I never knew there were so many different ways to say good-bye.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Never
Bye
Ways
Knew
Many
Different
Way
Good

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