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I've come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can't describe.

Mark Haddon

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Mark Haddon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 28
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And I go out of Father's house and I walk down the street, and it is very quiet even thought it is the middle of the day and I can't hear any noise except birds singing and wind and sometimes buildings falling down in the distance, and if I stand very close to traffic lights I can hear a little click as the colors change.
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