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Wasn't there a spell for making yourself happy? somebody must have invented one. how could he have missed it? why didn't they teach it? was it in the library, a flying book fluttering just out of reach, beating its wings against some high window?
-Lev Grossman
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Wasn't There A Spell For Making Yourself

Lev Grossman
Wasn't there a spell for making yourself happy? somebody must have invented one. how could he have missed it? why didn't they teach it? was it in the library, a flying book fluttering just out of reach, beating its wings against some high window?
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