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There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.

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Dan Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: April 4
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Peoria
Illinois
Calmness
Fullness
Knowing
Pain
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