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Youth always tries to fill the void, an old man learns to live with it.

Mark Z. Danielewski

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Mark Z. Danielewski
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: March 5
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New York City
New York
Men
Tries
Void
Emptiness
Fill
Youth
Live
Trying
Always
Learns

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