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No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

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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
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Wetness

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She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my heart without a sound
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There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.
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I am not sure I am ready to know what I think about that, so I dare not write it out.
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