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...perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Best
Kind
Comprehend
Miss
Charity
Missing
Perhaps
Beauty

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