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For a brief time I was here; and for a brief time I mattered.

— Harlan Ellison His entire afterword to The Essential Ellison (1987)

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Also quoted in the death announcement made by his publicist (28 June 2018).

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It is my lot to wake with anger every morning, to lie down at night even angrier.

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Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.

There’s only one real evil in the world: mediocrity.

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