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There's no such thing as quitting. Just sometimes there's a longer pause between relapses.

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
Sometimes
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Quitting
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