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Literature is a mystical place for me. It's not dry. It's where miracles happen.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Literature
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Happens
Mystical
Miracles
Dry
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The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge.
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I'm sort of a cavedweller: I miss my house, my yard, my kitchen, my wife. The trees. When I get home, I like to get down into my office neighborhood as soon as I can.
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