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I had thought that words were instruments of precision. Now I know that they devour the world, leaving nothing in its place.

Steven Millhauser

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Steven Millhauser
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: August 3
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
World
Devour
Precision
Instruments
Leaving
Words
Place
Thought
Nothing

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