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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.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
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Loved
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Alive
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