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It was a life I didn’t want to leave behind.It was a life I didn’t want to forget.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Behind
Leave
Forget
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Life
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She screamed, the high scream that was neither human nor animal but something terrible in between, the sort of sound that you never forget no matter how many beautiful things you hear afterward.
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Because you know that's not how you want it to end. You know I'd love to have you with me, and it will be that way, one day. But this isn't the way it ought to happen.
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...the sound of our lack of conversation amplified by the echo of our footsteps on the stone around us.
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There was no other sound in the world like a car crash.
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One happy day for every falling leaf you catch. Sam's voice was low.
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