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“What did I have? My father's book and my silver coin-knife, both wrapped tight in a stolen pillowcase. Bad, snoring lightly beside me. Jane. Samuel. My own unwritten words waiting to change the shape of the world. Surely all that outweighed what I didn't have: a mother, a father, a home. Surely it would be enough.”

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