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That's all I want- to do no harm.
Gregory Maguire
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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
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Albany
New York
Harm
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If you're ever in doubt, throw a pepper in the air. If it fails to come down, you have gone mad, so don't trust in anything.
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Only he with the hobbled foot fully knows the beauty of running. Only he with the severed ear can apprehend what the sweetest music must sound like. Our ailments complete us.
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Light will blind us in time, but what we learn in the dark can see us through.
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No one is exempt from grief.
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Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.
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No one survives in times of war unless they make war their home. How did I get so old and wise, but for welcoming war into my house and making friends with him? Better to befriend the enemy and hang on. Something worse might come along, which might be amusing or might not.
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Just my luck, if I believed in luck. I only believe in the opposite of luck, whatever that is.
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