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They're saying that you and Sean Kendrick were burning up the cliffs. Tommy spins me again and grins at me. And when I say you and Sean Kendrick, I mean you and Sean Kendrick. And by burning, I mean burning.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Burning
Saying
Mean
Grins
Spins
Tommy
Sean
Cliffs

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