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I may not be sure if monsters exist, but I’d rather live my life in doubt than be persuaded by a real experience of one.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
May
Live
Persuaded
Real
Monsters
Life
Exist
Doubt
Sure
Rather
Experience

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