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But a living is not a life.

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
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I healed. Not completely. A scar is never the same as good flesh, but it stops the bleeding.
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Well,the fun part of being a writer is that it's like making a wonderful film, with no limit on my budget. I can design the sets, the costume, the lightings, I write the script, and then I get to perform all the roles as I step into each character's skin, zip up, and adopt that point of view. So, to me, they are all compelling and fascinating.
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I began attempting to write for children under the mistaken assumption that writing for children was easy.
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For, Yes, he had sighed on his dying breath, and all knew that was the ultimate prayer one could offer to life.
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Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.
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It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.
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