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The answer of course, is that the clock isn't meant to measure earthly time, but the time of the soul. Redemption and condemnation time. For the soul, each instant is always a minute short of judgment.
Gregory Maguire
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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
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