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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?'
Peter S. Beagle
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Peter S. Beagle
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 20
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What happened instead was that the tree fell in love with him and began to murmur fondly of the joy to be found in the eternal embrace of a red oak. Always, always, it sighed, faithful beyond any man's deserving. I will keep the color of your eyes when no other in the world remembers your name. There is no immortality but a tree's love.
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I love whom I love, Prince Lir repeated firmly. You have no power over anything that matters.
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What is plucked will grow again, What is slain lives on, What is stolen will remain-- What is gone is gone.
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