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Imagination is a great thing in long dull hours, but it's a real curse in a dark alley.

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Age: 87 †
Born: 1927
Born: May 11
Died: 2014
Died: October 7
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California
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