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We see what we want to see. We idealize each other with our own fantasies.

Eric Jerome Dickey

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Eric Jerome Dickey
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: July 7
Died: 2021
Died: January 3
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Novelist
Screenwriter
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Memphis
Tennessee
Fantasy
Idealize
Fantasies

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