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Cover art by Charles Addams of “Addams Family” fame. This novel (a collection of short stories) was started in 1945 and Ray Bradbury originally intended this to be a collaboration with the artwork of Charles Addams. It was finished in 2000 by Bradbury alone, 55 years later.

“Life is a visit, rounded by sleeps.”

Spoken by Angelina Marguerite who rose from the grave and aged backwards to the “Eternity before Time” where she would reenter the womb as “a seed stored in the honeycomb of some maiden/wife, eager for collisions, ripe for life”. pg 151

Sunsets are loved because they vanish.
Flowers are loved because they go.
The dogs of the field and the cats of the kitchen are loved because soon they must depart. pg 149

"Timothy." Einar's wings clamored like kettledrums. Timothy, a thimble, was set on Einar's shoulder. "Cheer up, nephew. How much richer things are for you. Our world is dead. All tombstone-gray. Life's best to those who live least, worth more per ounce, more per ounce!" pg 64