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The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library.

Ashleigh Brilliant

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Ashleigh Brilliant
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: December 9
Author
Cartoonist
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London
England
Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant
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Orderly
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Universe
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