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I was reading some complex books in my own youth-and no, I didnt always understand every word, let alone every concept-but I got the main thrust, which was like a lifeline in a fluctuating world.

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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
Always
Youth
Lifeline
Like
Alone
Lifelines
World
Books
Thrust
Word
Complexes
Reading
Complex
Understand
Concept
Book
Main
Every
Concepts
Fluctuating

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