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Not an ugly color, Nanny thought. Just not a human color.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
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Albany
New York
Nannies
Ugly
Color
Thought
Human
Humans
Nanny

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I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, but I don't know the way out.
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If one could drown in the grass, thought Elphie, that might be the best way to die.
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Forget us, forget us all, it makes no difference now, but don't forget we loved it when we were alive.
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And a puzzle is for the piecing together, especially for the young, who still believe it can be done.
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I take responsibility only for the future, not the past. The past can't hurt you the way the future can.
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That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother?
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She is no longer I, she is too long ago, she is only she.
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So let my hands and my face make their way in this world, let my hungry eyes see, my tongue taste.
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