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I was very moved to see that the name of the boat was Hamlet - an imaginary character becomes so important to people, we think about them so much that we name a ship after them. The imaginary lives on in the real.
Paul Auster
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Paul Auster
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 3
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It's like a mathematical law, Grace.
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