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I'm tired and I want to rest I want to get out of this and go lie down somewhere, off where it's dark and no one speaks. Forever.

Philip K. Dick

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Philip K. Dick
Age: 53 †
Born: 1928
Born: December 16
Died: 1982
Died: March 2
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Chicago
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Philip Kindred Dick
Philip Dick
Richard Phillips
Jack Dowland
Filip K. Dik
Somewhere
Tired
Rest
Forever
Dark
Lying
Speak
Speaks

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