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It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart—never the sensation of the moment.

Roger Zelazny

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Roger Zelazny
Age: 58 †
Born: 1937
Born: May 13
Died: 1995
Died: June 14
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Euclid
Ohio
Roger Joseph Zelazny
Roger Joseph Christopher Zelazny
Harrison Denmark
Anticipation
Sensations
Fill
Moment
Moments
Heart
Never
Recollection
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