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Her stillness was such a contrast to all the jumbled communication inside me that I suddenly felt what a tiresome fellow I was, always filling the air with the rattle of words and anxieties.

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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Fellow
Felt
Illness
Jumbled
Fellows
Rattle
Always
Suddenly
Anxieties
Anxiety
Tiresome
Communication
Filling
Air
Stillness
Inside
Contrast

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