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This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has already staked its claim on them from the moment they appear onscreen.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
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