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I breathed the book before I saw it tasted the book before I read it.

Paul Harding

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Paul Harding
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: December 19
Author
Musician
Novelist
Writer
the United States of America
Breathed
Tasted
Saws
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Book

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