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What she really loved was to hang over the edge and watch the bow of the ship slice through the waves. She loved it especially when the waves were high and the ship rose and fell, or when it was snowing and the flakes stung her face.

What she really loved was to hang over the edge and watch the bow of the ship slice through the waves. She loved it especially when the waves were high and the ship rose and fell, or when it was snowing and the flakes stung her face.

Approximate author period: c. 1976 AD · modern

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Kristin Cashore
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Approximate author period: c. 1976 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1976; activity date not established; Wikidata Q291025, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291025 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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