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That night it felt that somehow by flicking them off the roof, the matches would burn down everything, the sparks from the tips of the flames, torching the world and all the heartbroken people in it.

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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
World
Roof
People
Burn
Flames
Somehow
Flicking
Felt
Tips
Night
Heartbroken
Everything
Matches
Would
Sparks

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