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We each die countless little deaths on our way to the last. We die out of shame as humiliation. We perish from despair. And, of course, we die for love.

Clive Barker

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Clive Barker
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 5
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Believe me, when I say There are no two powers That command the soul. One is God The other is the tide. -Anon From the novel Abarat
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We are all our own graveyards, I believe we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were. If we're healthy, every day is a celebration, a Day of the Dead, in which we give thanks for the lives that we lived, and if we are neurotic we brood and mourn and wish that the past was still present.
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