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Nothing’s changed. You’ll go home. You’ll be bored. You’ll be ignored. No one will listen to you, really listen to you. You’re too clever and too quiet for them to understand. They don’t even get your name right.

Neil Gaiman

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