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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
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Science Fiction Writer
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Illinois
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Silences
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Religion
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