“Who makes the world? Perhaps the world is not made. Perhaps nothing is made. Perhaps it simply is, has been, will always be there…a clock without a craftsman.”

—  Alan Moore , book Watchmen

Source: Watchmen

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English writer primarily known for his work in comic books 1953

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