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Fear, ...can make you do more wrong than hate or jealousy. If you're afraid you don’t commit yourself to life completely; fear makes you always, always hold something back.

— Philip K. Dick

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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

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The church of my choice is the free, open world.

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