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Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Books
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Used
Climb
Book
Climbs
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Larger
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