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Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Spirit
Bodies
Part
Bones
Knits
Body
Keeps
Pumping
Heart
Memory
Builds
Work
Hearts
Reminds
Inside
Spirits
Memories
Candle
Present
Muscles

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