“Hurry and hurry, autumn leaves hurrying on the rainy wind, snow hurrying out of the sky, life hurrying to death, gods hurrying to oblivion.”

— Poul Anderson , book The Broken Sword

Source: The Broken Sword (1954), Chapter 3 (p. 9)

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American science fiction and fantasy writer 1926–2001

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