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I always thought my questions were wrong questions because no one else asked them. Maybe no one thought of them. Maybe darkness got there first. Maybe I am the first light touching a gulf of ignorance... Maybe my questions matter.

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Elizabeth Moon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 7
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
McAllen
Texas
Matter
Asked
First
Darkness
Always
Maybe
Wrong
Else
Gulf
Light
Touching
Thought
Questions
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Ignorance

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