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The pyramid shape is said to hold many secrets and amazing properties. One of them is a sense of wonder.

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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Shapes
Amazing
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Pyramid
Wonder
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Pyramids
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Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.
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When I was a little kid back in Moscow, Russia, I've always thought I would become an artist or a folk dancer or an astronomer. In fact, if you'd asked me then about a life of solitary writing I would have said, Oh how boring! Imagine, to sit at a desk all day and just write.
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I started to write. And I wrote and wrote all through high school.
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