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They'd never been lovers, of course, not in the physical sense. But they'd been lovers as most of us manage, loving through expressions and gestures and the palm set softly upon the bruise at the necessary moment. Lovers by inclination rather than by lust. Lovers, that is, by love.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Moments
Expression
Inclination
Never
Courses
Gestures
Love
Course
Lust
Bruise
Age
Manage
Bruises
Rather
Lovers
Palm
Upon
Loving
Softly
Moment
Physical
Expressions
Sense
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Palms

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