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Death is the mother of beauty.
Denis Johnson
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Denis Johnson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1949
Born: July 1
Died: 2017
Died: May 24
Actor
Essayist
Film Actor
Musician
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Playwright
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Science Fiction Writer
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München
Denis Hale Johnson
Dionysius Johnson
Dennis Johnson
Beauty
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Talk into my bullet hole. Tell me I'm fine.
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There was a part of her she hadn’t yet allowed to be born because it was too beautiful for this place
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We in Purgatory sing fondly of Hell.
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And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.
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