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His heart hurt with the wanting of it, the hurt no less painful for being difficult to explain.

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Heart
Wanting
Explain
Painful
Hurt
Less
Difficult

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