“I am the dreamer and the doer
I the hearer and the knower
I the giver and the taker
I the sword and the wound of sword.
If this be true, then let sword fall free from hand.
I embrace myself.
I laugh until I weep
And weep until I smile…”

— Ray Bradbury

Christ, Old Student in a New School (1972)

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American writer 1920–2012

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