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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
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London
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D. B. Shan
Darren Dash
Darren Shan
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