“You have reached that unfortunate age where you have all of life’s answers and you know everything more perfectly and more profoundly than your elders.”

—  John C. Wright

Source: Fugitives of Chaos (2006), Chapter 1, “Interlude with Amelia” (p. 16)

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American novelist and technical writer 1961

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