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I stand entwined in fire on the inextinguishable bonfire of inconceivable love.

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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
Accordionist
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San Francisco County
California
Lemony Snicket
Inextinguishable
Bonfire
Entwined
Inconceivable
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Fire
Love

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