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Despair is good. Despair can be the nadir of one life and the starting point of an ascent into another, better one.
Dean Koontz
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Dean Koontz
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 9
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Evil is no faceless stranger, living in a distant neighborhood. Evil has a wholesome, hometown face, with merry eyes and an open smile. Evil walks among us, wearing a mask which looks like all our faces.
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It will all be better in the end and if it is not better then it must not be the end yet
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