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Life is too short, Harry. And there's nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it's gone.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Nowhere
Near
Short
Joy
Gone
Find
Dresden
Enough
Grab
Life
Harry

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I know how you feel, I said. You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.
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