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Just because something is typed-whether it is typed on a business card or typed in a newspaper or book-this does not mean that it is true.
Daniel Handler
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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
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who would dare think that, forever? Some idiot girl who wouldn’t know how things played out.
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It was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time.
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Here we are at the bottom, almost empty. It's like confetti, these dried remnants you find in the street for a party no one invited you to. But they used to be, I can admit, part of something beautiful.
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