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I'm starting to understand that fear is like cancer - you can beat it back, but if it returns, it can be worse than ever.

Darren Shan

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Darren Shan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 2
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London
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D. B. Shan
Darren Dash
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Better to die for my people in my own land than rule in another and suffer a lifetime of cowardly guilt.
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If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.
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