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We live in our tales of ourselves, she thought, and ignore as best we can the contradictions, and the lapses, and the abrasions of plot against our mortal souls.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Live
Ignore
Mortals
Plot
Tales
Souls
Lapses
Thought
Contradictions
Best
Mortal
Soul
Contradiction

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