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Waking, after all, was an almost natal state. You surfaced without history, then spent the blinks and yawns reassembling your past, shuffling the shards into chronological order before fortifying yourself for the present.

Dennis Lehane

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Dennis Lehane
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 4
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Dorchester
Massachusetts
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