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The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
Accordionist
Author
Musician
Novelist
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Lemony Snicket
Desire
Doesn
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Heart
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