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I hear laughter and someone asks if I need help, not in a nice way. I snarl, What I need is for your mother to have thought a little harder nine months before your birthday.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Thought
Months
Littles
Hear
Little
Nice
Need
Asks
Snarl
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Help
Birthday
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Helping
Nine
Mother
Laughter
Someone
Harder

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