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The search for the word gets no easier but nobody else is going to write your novel for you.
Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to dare.
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