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It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.' Because he got hurt?' No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination.

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Thomas Harris
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 11
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William Thomas Harris III
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