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Ravens bring things to people. We're like that. It's our nature. We don't like it.

Peter S. Beagle

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

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