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I can't tell the difference, I said. Between not fighting and giving up.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Difference
Differences
Fighting
Tell
Giving

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