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Death hides within every religion. And at any time it can flash forth-not with healing in its wings but with poison, with that which wounds.

Philip K. Dick

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Philip K. Dick
Age: 53 †
Born: 1928
Born: December 16
Died: 1982
Died: March 2
Essayist
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Philip Kindred Dick
Philip Dick
Richard Phillips
Jack Dowland
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