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You learn to present dark things without including their ability to harm, treasuring them for what they are.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Dark
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Learn
Without
Things
Treasuring
Harm
Including
Present

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