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A heart's a heart, in a child or a man. You are tougher than you feel right now. Your roots are deep, your canopy's spread wide. You're going to show everyone what it means to be a king.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Right
Roots
Feel
Kings
Feels
Deep
Children
Child
Canopy
Mean
Show
Tougher
Heart
Everyone
King
Going
Means
Spread
Men
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Wide

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