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I never confuse the cost of something with its value

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
Never
Confuse
Cost
Value
Values
Something

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It's too late to apologize for. I have already forgiven you.
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Stop longing.You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow.
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