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Life Quote by Gene Wolfe

“Each of us finds his way, his place; we rattle around the universe until everything fits; this is life; this is science, or something better than science.” quote by Gene Wolfe — Download Open image

““Each of us finds his way, his place; we rattle around the universe until everything fits; this is life; this is science, or something better than science.””

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...in some situations winning consist[s] of disentangling oneself.

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