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Clouds out of control decoct anticipation. What use can any of us have for two moons? The miracle of order has run out and I am left in an unmiraculous city where anything may happen.
Samuel R. Delany
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Samuel R. Delany
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 1
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