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Time is a wind that keeps blowing in my face and mumbling words that don't make sense.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Words
Sense
Make
Mumbling
Time
Blowing
Keeps
Wind
Face
Faces

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