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If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Ability
Catch
Eye
Skin
Human
Skins
Humans
Sight
World
Moved
Magic
Present
Eyes
Beneath

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