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Cross a man and you struggle, one of you wins, you adjust and go on - or you lie there dead. Cross a woman and the universe is changed, once again, for cold anger requires an eternal vigilance in all matters of slight and offense

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Changed
Cross
Struggle
Crosses
Winning
Requires
Lying
Matters
Vigilance
Universe
Anger
Adjust
Woman
Eternal
Slight
Matter
Cold
Wins
Men
Dead
Offense

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