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Before catechisms can instill a proper humility, small children know the truth that their own existence has caused the world to bloom into being.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
World
Bloom
Caused
Proper
Humility
Small
Existence
Truth
Catechism
Children
Instill

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