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The world is a clock winding down.

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Rick Yancey
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 4
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Miami
Florida
Richard Yancey
William James Henry
Will Henry
Winding
Clock
World

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I am the one, Not Running, Not Staying, But FACING
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In case you're an alien and you're reading this: BITE ME.
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Climb onto my shoulders. I will not let you fall.
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Because promises matter. They matter now more than ever.
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Some things you don't have to promise. You just do.
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Still, you tend to believe what you always believed, think what you always thought, expect what you always expected
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We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.
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