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And girls need cold anger. They need the cold simmer, the ceaseless grudge, the talent to avoid forgiveness, the side stepping of compromise. They need to know when they say something that they will never back down, ever, ever.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Needs
Cold
Ceaseless
Something
Talent
Grudge
Never
Side
Stepping
Sides
Compromise
Girl
Forgiveness
Back
Avoid
Ever
Anger
Need
Girls
Simmer

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