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But the world turns, and even legends change and somewhere there is a border, and sometime, perhaps, someone will decide to cross it, however well guarded its thorns may be.
Robin McKinley
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Robin McKinley
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
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Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley
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