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Fall Quote by Gene Wolfe

“Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone…” quote by Gene Wolfe — Download Open image

“Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, and it falls to ruin all in an instant. And the man learns that he is himself, and not the mirrored man he had believed himself to be.”

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