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This is about as comforting as a cold brick when you're lonely.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Brick
Bricks
Comforting
Lonely
Cold

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