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When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

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Brian Aldiss
Age: 92 †
Born: 1925
Born: August 18
Died: 2017
Died: August 19
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