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Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.

Mark Haddon

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Mark Haddon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 28
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