A Quote by Maria Dahvana Headley

My first tattoo is a full-on Sailor Jerry situation on my hip - it's a swallow with big spread wings. When I got it I was 20 on St. Mark's Place in New York; I just walked in in a frenzy. It's still there 17 years later and it's not a terrible thing to look at.

Maria Dahvana Headley

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Maria Dahvana Headley
American - Novelist
Born: June 21, 1977

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Tim Pawlenty

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