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She recognized the strange happiness that came from loving something without knowing why you did, that strange happiness that was sometimes so big that it felt like sadness. It was the way she felt when she looked at the stars.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Without
Looked
Sometimes
Strange
Something
Came
Way
Stars
Like
Knowing
Happiness
Recognized
Bigs
Sadness
Felt
Loving

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