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There's this idea that there was a point in our childhood when we were in some way better than we are now and we should try to hang on to that.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Way
Hang
Childhood
Point
Idea
Ideas
Better
Trying

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