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And it occurs to me that there's no real difference between us, the living and the dead; it's just a matter of tense: past-dead and future-dead

And it occurs to me that there’s no real difference between us, the living and the dead; it’s just a matter of tense: past-dead and future-dead
– Rick Yancey

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