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I want you to be with me in the dark. To hold me. To keep loving me. To help me when I get scared. To come right to the edge and see what's there.

Jenny Downham

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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Actor
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Film Actor
Novelist
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Keep
Edge
Come
Edges
Right
Scared
Love
Loving
Hold
Dark
Help
Helping

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