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Love turns a heart to crystal...Much more valuable, but much more fragile.

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Crystals
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Valuable
Turns
Heart
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Love
Crystal

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