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I am the dragon, and you call me insane.

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Thomas Harris
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 11
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William Thomas Harris III
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Before Me you are a slug in the sun. You are privy to a great Becoming and you recognize nothing. You are an ant in the after-birth.It is in your nature to do one thing correctly: before Me you rightly tremble. Fear is not what you owe Me, Lounds, you and the other pismires. You owe Me awe.
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