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R.D. "Bob" Mathison
https://www.goodreads.com/bobcanread
When you’re young and smelling of pigshit and convinced there ain’t a weapon in all the damn world that’s going to hurt you, all stories do is make you want to be part of them.
“Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth.”
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“You think people was meaner then than they are now? the deputy said.
The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said. I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one.”
― Child of God
The old man was looking out at the flooded town. No, he said. I don't. I think people are the same from the day God first made one.”
― Child of God
“If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.”
― Caliban’s War
― Caliban’s War
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