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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
Fears
Imagine
Dark
Less
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Thinking
Nighttime
Distraction

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