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Stop longing.You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow.

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
Today
Always
Poison
Reaching
Longing
Ease
Tomorrow
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