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Y is for YGGDRASIL. The legendary Nordic ash tree with its three roots extending into the lands of mortals, giants, and Niflheim, the land of mist, grows in Wisconsin. Legend has it that when the tree falls, the universe will fall. Next Wednesday, the State Highway Commission comes through that empty pasture with a freeway.

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Harlan Ellison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1934
Born: May 27
Died: 2018
Died: June 27
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They minute people fall in love they become liars.
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In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony.
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The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.
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Get a day job, make your money from that, and write to please yourself.
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I will live to piss in the open mouths or the open graves of my enemies, whichever comes first.
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