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Hope is a pocket of possibility. I'm holding it in my hand.

Tahereh Mafi

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Tahereh Mafi
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: November 9
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Connecticut
United States
Holding
Possibility
Hand
Hope
Hands
Pocket
Pockets

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