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We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our own ways, because they are our stories.
Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive the world: our sight, our touch, our memory. If they lie to us, then nothing can be trusted. And even if we do not believe, then still we cannot travel in any other way than the road our senses show us and we must walk that road to the end.
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