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Then bury me again and leave me in peace. Nobody likes to be resurrected before he's had time to get comfortable in his grave.

— R. A. Lafferty One at a Time (1968)

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The shapes they take are both objective and subjective. One can shape them a little with one's own mind.

Past Master (1968)

A bridge does not abandon its first shore when it grows out in spans towards the further one.

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I am mistress of all the sciences. I go so far beyond all else that my work is called magic.

Space Chantey (1968)

Death is for a long time. Those of shallow thought say that it is forever. There is, at least, a long night of it.

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Be not nervous. In a very little while you will either be a member or you will not be.

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