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He looked at her rather as a man looks at a problem that he would very much prefer to do without. She supposed it was a distinction of a sort to be a harassment to a king.

Robin McKinley

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Robin McKinley
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
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Ohio
Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley
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