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Life without meaning cannot be borne. We find a mission to which we're sworn -or answer the call of Death's dark horn. Without a gleaning of purpose in life, we have no vision, we live in strife, -or let blood fall on a suicide knife.

Dean Koontz

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