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If she could have died...if she could have disappeared forever...but the solid surface of things refused to dissolve around her, and her body, her hateful hermaphrodite's body, continued in its stubborn, lumpen way, to live...
If she could have died...if she could have disappeared forever...but the solid surface of things refused to dissolve around her, and her body, her hateful hermaphrodite's body, continued in its stubborn, lumpen way, to live...
Approximate author period: c. 1997 AD · modern
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- J.K. Rowling
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- Approximate author period: c. 1997 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for J. K. Rowling: documented activity in 1997. Wikidata Q34660, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34660 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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