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The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things...Things must happen when it is time for them to happen.
Peter S. Beagle
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Peter S. Beagle
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 20
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The woman I loved died because I did not love her enough - what greater sin is there than that? (Uncle Chaim and Aunt Fifke and the Angel)
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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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If a man loved me, I would have talked myself into loving him, and I would have loved him very deeply after a while.
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There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous.
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...but the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes.
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