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Childhood is the purest state. The pure of heart never leave it behind. Their life merely takes them on a cirtuitous route away from, and then back to it.

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
Life
Leave
Purest
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State
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Away
Merely
States
Childhood
Back
Behinds
Heart
Pure
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