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One doesn't have to understand in order to look. One has to look, in order to understand.
Robert Charles Wilson
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Robert Charles Wilson
Age: 70
Born: 1953
Born: December 15
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The attacking piece displaces its victim. The vanquished piece leaves the plane of the board entirely. But it does not, in a higher sense, cease to exist.
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Is there any evidence to the contrary? I don't need certainty in order to act on a well-founded suspicion.
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You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see.
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