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Never a possession, always the possessor, with skin as pale as smoke, and eyes tawny and sharp as yellow wine: Desire is everything you have ever wanted. Whoever you are. Whatever you are. Everything.

Neil Gaiman

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