"Birds know themselves not to be at the……" — Gregory Maguire
"Birds know themselves not to be at the center of anything, but at the margins of everything. The end of the map. We only live where someone's horizon sweeps someone else's. We are only noticed on the edge of things; but on the edge of things, we notice much."
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Gregory Maguire
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201 Quotes by Gregory Maguire
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Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way.
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