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One can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls one back.
Robin Hobb
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Robin Hobb
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 5
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Science Fiction Writer
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Berkeley
California
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden
Megan Lindholm
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