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I'm just going to stay here, in the darkness under the arch. I can hear you all out there, trip-trapping, trip-trapping over my bridge. Oh yes, I can hear you. But I'm not coming out.

Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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