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Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost.

Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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Neil Richard Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman
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