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Gene Wolfe

People who fear death … live no longer than those who don’t, and live scared.
Gene Wolfe, The Knight (2004), p. 384.

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Not a Joke
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The Venezuela Chaos
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How Socialism Kills
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Sanders Didn’t Say
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The Meaning of “Liberal”
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