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...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
Novelist
Writer
Spokane
Washington
David Carroll Eddings
Darkness
Light
Prevail
Surrender

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