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Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me, said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him.
J. K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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