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I was under the stars, like a fish is under water.

Shannon Hale

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stars
Water
Like
Fish
Fishes

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...all things speak, in their way, don't they?
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