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Ah, well, during the Middle Ages, religion was often able to redeem art. Today, however, art is about the only thing that can redeem religion, and the clerics will never forgive us for that.
Samuel R. Delany
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Samuel R. Delany
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 1
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