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Every time we fix something that broken, whether it's a car engine or a broken heart, that an act of magic. And what makes it magic is that we choose to create or help, just as we can choose to harm.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
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Samuel M. Key
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It's not something you can prove....I know you hate to hear this, but you either have it, or you don't.
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