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The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.

John Jakes

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John Jakes
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: March 31
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Television Actor
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
John William Jakes
Jay Scotland
Knowing
Sunset
Heaven
Innocence
Pain
Ignorant
Comes
Essence
Remember
Losing
Children
Therefore
Never
Safe
Hell
Remembering

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