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My ma says a rock lasts forever, but people don’t, and that’s what makes them more precious.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Rocks
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Forever
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People
Precious
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