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Dare we linger, dare we skate? Dare we laugh or celebrate, knowing we may strain the ice? Preserve the ice at any price?

Dean Koontz

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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
Author
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Everett
Pennsylvania
Dean Ray Koontz
Aaron Wolfe
Brian Coffey
David Axton
Deanna Dwyer
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Celebrate
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Skate
Dare
Linger
Laugh
Skates
Laughing
Strain
Knowing
Preserve
May
Ice

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