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Fantasy plunders the well of our deepest selves for existent truth instead of creating new truths out of the illusory fabric of recent events or the flow of society.

Vera Nazarian

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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Selves
Events
Recent
Instead
Society
Fabric
Truth
Deepest
Plunders
Wells
Truths
Existent
Well
Fantasy
Plunder
Self
Flow
Illusory
Creating

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Neither sugar nor salt tastes particularly good by itself. Each is at its best when used to season other things. Love is the same way. Use it to season people.
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