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Ah. My story. Are you certain you wish to hear it? It is long, unlikely, and remarkably unedifying -- shameful, even, to come from a minister's lips. Blasphemous, too, properly regarded.
Peter S. Beagle
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Peter S. Beagle
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 20
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Peter Soyer Beagle
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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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The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart.
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...no cat out of its first fur can ever be deceived by appearances. Unlike human beings, who enjoy them.
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Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid of anything. Whatever you have been, you are mine now. I can hold you.
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