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No wonder Wonderland isn't funny to read anymore: We live there full time. We need a break from it.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Wonder
Break
Read
Funny
Live
Wonderland
Need
Anymore
Needs
Time
Full

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