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You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

Shannon Hale

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
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Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Butterfly
Refuse
Freedom
Free

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No wolf falters before the bite So strike No hawk wavers before the dive Just strike
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Make haste” Jane added, just because she always wanted to say that.
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Her nightmare clung to her like the smell of smoke to cloth.
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