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You're fun to look at, decided Galinda. Boq's face fell. Fun? he said. I'd give a lot to achieve fun, Elphaba said. The best I usually hope for is stirring, and when people say that they're usually referring to digestion-

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Giving
Fun
Digestion
People
Face
Referring
Faces
Stirring
Hope
Fell
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Appearance
Best
Decided
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Usually
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Even God used silence as a strategy.
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