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“She'd read once that if you ran into a bear in the woods you should avoid eye contact and you shouldn't run away, but all she knew about wolves is that you should never tell them how to find your grandmother's house.”

Quote by Anne Ursu

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Anne Ursu is a renowned children's literature author, known for her rich imagination and profound emotional depth in her works. more

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“But to Lord Peter the world presented itself as an entertaining labyrinth of side-issues”

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