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Tell me who you are. You need not tell me your name. Names have power, even human ones. Tell me where you live and what you do with your living.

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Robin McKinley
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
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Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley
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it goes something like 'There are a lot of ways to be yourself.
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Then marry me. For I love you, and I do not believe there is anything so wrong with you. You are fair in my eyes and you lie fair on my heart.
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