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Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.

Alan Moore

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Alan Moore
Age: 70
Born: 1953
Born: November 18
Comics Artist
Comics Writer
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Curt Vile
Jill de Ray
Translucia Baboon
The Original Writer
Vendetta
Insidious
Prison
Happiness

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