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Religion seems to have always offered us that false duality ... the silences of infinite space or the cozy comfort of inner certainty.

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Dan Simmons
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: April 4
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Peoria
Illinois
Space
Duality
Religion
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Seems
Certainty
Always
False
Inner
Infinite
Comfort
Silences
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