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It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence.

Tanith Lee

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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
Existence
Things
Disinterest
Bearing
Apathy
Intelligent

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