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We may be surrounded by some greater reality, to which we are oblivious. And even if we could somehow perceive it in some entirely new way, it is extremely doubtful we would be able to comprehend what we perceived.

Louis Sachar

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Louis Sachar
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 20
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
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Somehow
Oblivious
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