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

Maggie Stiefvater

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Less
Difficult
Heart
Wanting
Explain
Painful
Hurt

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