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She is no longer I, she is too long ago, she is only she.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
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Albany
New York
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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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I hate to be obvious, added the Scarecrow, but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.
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Elphaba looked like something between an animal and an Animal, like something more than life but not quite Life.
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