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Blue tried not to look at Gansey's boat shoes she felt better about him as a person if she pretended he wasn't wearing them.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Person
Wearing
Better
Boat
Look
Shoes
Looks
Tried
Blue
Wasn
Felt
Gansey
Persons
Pretended

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