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We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses.

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Laughter went on and on, like sunlight and stone, even if the human beings who laughed did not.

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Say yes, babe, or I'll spill you off over the Wall next time - got it?

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And again she wished for Sherwood, and the dappled roof of leaves that never weighed upon her. She pulled her scarf closer around her and thought, I would rather live in a hut in the woods; a hut like the one of my first memories, with a clean-swept dirt floor, and a brown-eyed boy watching me from behind his mother's skirts as I watched him from behind mine.

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Robin McKinley

Robin McKinley
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Born: November 16, 1952 (age 73)
Bio: Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley, known as Robin McKinley, is an American author of fantasy and children's books. Her 1984 novel The Hero and the Crown won the Newbery Medal as the year's best new American children's book.
Known for:
  1. The Blue Sword (1982)
  2. The Hero and the Crown (1984)
  3. Deerskin (1993)
  4. Rose Daughter (1997)
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