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There's more magic in a baby's first giggle than in any firestorm a wizard can conjure up, and don't let anyone tell you any different.
Jim Butcher
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Jim Butcher
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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I admit, Morgan said with another withering look, it's no donut.
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A little humiliation and ego deflation, now and then, is good for apprentices. Mine sighed miserably.
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