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It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Hope
Corruption
States
Permanent
Live
Bitter
Nothing
Loneliness
Love
Condition
Blind
Conditions
Bereavement
State
Contempt

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