"We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one....
And a lot of it will be wrong, but just enough of it will be right.
~ Ray Bradbury ~
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And a lot of it will be wrong, but just enough of it will be right.
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