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The past is what makes now like now makes tomorrow.
Samuel R. Delany
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Samuel R. Delany
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 1
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New York City
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Apocalypse has come and gone. We're just grubbing in the ashes.
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Reality must prove itself again and again to questioners ... it is the fantasy which goes on without contradiction, without having to prove itself.
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