The manchildren, the mortals, have many ideas of what happe… - Tad Williams

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The manchildren, the mortals, have many ideas of what happens after they die, and wrangle about who is right and who is wrong. These disagreements often come to bloodshed, as if they wished to dispatch messengers who could discover the answer to their dispute. Such messengers, as far as I know of mortal philosophy, never return to give their brethren the taste of truth they yearn for.

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Tad Williams (born 1957) is an American science fiction and fantasy author.

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