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I will love you for ever, whatever happens. Till I die and after I die, and when I find my way out of the land of the dead I'll drift about forever, all my atoms, till I find you again.

Philip Pullman

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Philip Pullman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 19
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When he'd sworn at her and been sworn at in return, they became great friends.
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Lee was too cool by nature to rage at fate his manner was to raise an eyebrow and greet it laconically.
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