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What a man can take with a sword, a woman can give by her flesh alone. 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
Alone
Woman
Give
Take
Giving
Men
Life
Sword
Flesh

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