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Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.

Robin Hobb

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Robin Hobb
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Berkeley
California
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden
Megan Lindholm
Margaret Astrid Lindholm
Expectation
Expectations
Failure
Takes
Nothing
Heart
Men

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