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Unicorns are immortal. It is their nature to live alone in one place: usually a forest where there is a pool clear enough for them to see themselves -- for they are a little vain, knowing themselves to be the most beautiful.

Peter S. Beagle

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Peter S. Beagle
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 20
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Novelist
Screenwriter
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Peter Soyer Beagle
Little
Alone
Unicorns
Enough
Knowing
Unicorn
Clear
Forest
Nature
Pool
Place
Immortal
Beautiful
Forests
Littles
Vain
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