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Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Someone
Used
Soul
Mama
Glimpse
Thousand
Days
Wisdom

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