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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
Charity
Missing
Perhaps
Beauty
Best
Kind
Comprehend
Miss

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And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.' Did she ever come out?' Not yet.
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In the end, all disguises must drop.
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