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The danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.
Lev Grossman
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Lev Grossman
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 26
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Massachusetts
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Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do? Oh, absolutely, Quentin said. Maybe even more.
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Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred.
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