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Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.

Peter S. Beagle

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Peter S. Beagle
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 20
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Peter Soyer Beagle
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