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He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out.
Ray Bradbury
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Ray Bradbury
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: June 6
Novelist
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Illinois
Ray Douglas Bradbury
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At the top of your lungs, shout and listen to the echoes. You must live life at the top of your voice!
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