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I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.

J. G. Ballard

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J. G. Ballard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1930
Born: November 15
Died: 2009
Died: April 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Shanghai
China
James Graham Ballard
James Graham J. G. Ballard
Mind
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Pressure
Doors
Imagination
Felt
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