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Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Understanding
Makes
Mystery
Beyond
Accepting
Wisdom

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I am a forgettable leaf on a tree.
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