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That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
Stays
Invisible
Magic
Around
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