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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.
Tanith Lee
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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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London
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Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
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Madness. I did not get myself born to die. I have better things to do.
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The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?
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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.
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The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.
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