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Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gifts of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.
Neil Gaiman
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Neil Gaiman
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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