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I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just sitting around.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Around
Notebook
Seems
Mechanical
Every
Pencils
Time
Dozen
Store
Fresh
Penchant
Stores
Notebooks
Sitting
Dozens

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