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I'm somebody who considers happiness a journey, not a destination.

Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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Be hole, be dust, be dream, be wind/Be night, be dark, be wish, be mind,/Now slip, now slide, now move unseen,/Above, beneath, betwixt, between.
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