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But with the library, it's like catnip, I suppose: you begin to run in circles because there's so much to look at and read.

Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: June 6
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Ray Douglas Bradbury
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