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Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that delight you.
John Darnielle
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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
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May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.
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I'm not really a goal-oriented guy. I started doing the Mountain Goats just for the sheer hell of it.
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There are real teachers out there I don't pretend to have their mantle.
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You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter.
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