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The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.

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
Remember
Matter
Men
Fitz
Fight
Says
Winning
Fighting

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