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The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Always
Shadows
Caught
Shadow
Eye
Light

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That's all I want- to do no harm.
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In the end, all disguises must drop.
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She dreamed of leaving, but she had too little exposure to the world to imagine where to go.
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