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I'd like to do something to help the worst afflicted, but I can't. It's not possible to save everybody. Even heroes have their all-too-human limits.

Darren Shan

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Darren Shan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 2
Author
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London
England
D. B. Shan
Darren Dash
Darren Shan
Help
Afflicted
Helping
Heroes
Human
Save
Humans
Limits
Even
Hero
Something
Worst
Like
Everybody
Possible

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