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A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.

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Thomas Harris
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 11
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Jackson
Tennessee
William Thomas Harris III
Littles
Quantify
Back
Taker
Little
Census
Liver
Beans
Tried
Bigs
Starling
School
Starlings

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