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I was thinking one of the great things about fiction is we, as a race, only get to look out of our own eyes at the world. And fiction is a fantastic way of looking out through somebody else's eyes.

Neil Gaiman

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