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Inside us lies every possibility that is available to a sentient being. Every darkness, every light. It is the choices we make that decide who or what we will be.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
Darkness
Inside
Choices
Lying
Sentient
Light
Decide
Every
Available
Make
Lies
Possibility

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