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Perhaps family itself, like beauty, is temporary, and no discredit need attach to impermanence.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
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Discredit
Like
Impermanence
Attach
Temporary
Perhaps
Beauty
Family
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