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Science is a way of talking about the universe in words that bind it to a common reality. Magic is a method of talking to the universe in words that it cannot ignore. The two are rarely compatible.

Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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