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My magic. That was at the heart of me. It was a manifestation of what I believed, what I lived. It came from my desire to see to it that someone stood between the darkness and the people it would devour.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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