Shannon Hale

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Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul

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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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You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free

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I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-""It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radioactive mule

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I keep thinking about a tale my nurse used to read to me about a bird whose wings are pinned to the ground. In the end, when he finally frees himself, he flies so high he becomes a star. My nurse said the story was about how we all have something that keeps us down