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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Nancy Farmer

Born: July 7, 1941 (age 83)
Bio: Nancy Farmer is an American author of children's and young-adult books and science fiction. She has written three Newbery Honor Books and she won the U.S.
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