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What sucks the worst is . . . this world was a gift to us, and we broke it, and part of the deal is that if we want things right, we have to fix it ourselves. But we can't. We try, but we can't.

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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