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Oh, you made an impression. Like a stone caught in my boot.

Maria V. Snyder

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Maria V. Snyder
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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No hope, is worse than fear.
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You had lots of visitors, but they were all quiet. Oh real funny. Tease the blind man. ~Trella to Logan, pg. 114-115
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Some Queen of the Pipes, I thought. I'd believed I was better than a mindless drone. But I was the mindless one, hiding away. Even now I referred to them as if I didn't belong.
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Another relative? Valek asked. A broad smile stretched Moon Man's lips. Yes. I am her mother's uncle's wife's third cousin.
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