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There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Superiors
Ones
Ways
Given
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The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.
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In the end, all disguises must drop.
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