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It's appropriate to have magic in a love story, because magic is a sort of metaphor for what love feels like? When we fall in love, the world feels magical to us. It becomes an enchanted place.
Theodora Goss
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Theodora Goss
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 30
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