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If a man loved me, I would have talked myself into loving him, and I would have loved him very deeply after a while.

Peter S. Beagle

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

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But I still feel I waste a lot of time leaning on my elbow and thinking to myself, 'alright sucker, now what?'
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The tune was wailing and mournful, almost flagrantly so, and the total effect was of a heartbroken piccolo being parted forever from its bagpipe lover.
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