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He lifted his eyes to the girl. She looked afraid. She always looked afraid, these days. The world was a scary place. She said: Take me with you. He woke up.

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Eyes
Eye
Girl
Woke
Place
Lifted
Take
Scary
Always
Looked
World
Afraid
Days

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