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Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.
Edward Gorey
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Edward Gorey
Age: 75 †
Born: 1925
Born: February 22
Died: 2000
Died: April 15
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Edward St. John Gorey
Edward Saint John Gorey
O. Mude
Regera Dowdy
Aedwyrd Goré
Garrod Weedy
Dogear Wryde
E.D. Ward
Ogdred Weary
Eduard Blutig
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God knows, there's enough to worry about without worrying about worrying about things.
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A small and sinister snow seems to be coming down relentlessly at present. The radio says it is eventually going to be sleet and rain, but I don't think so I think it is just going to go on and on, coming down, until the whole world...etc. It has that look.
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I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does that's what makes it so boring.
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I really think I write about everyday life. I don't think I'm quite as odd as others say I am.
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I've never had any intentions about anything. That's why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense.
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