A man is a phoenix, who must be reborn from his own ashes, for there is no other like him in the universe. If the wind stirs the ashes into a clumsy … - Algis Budrys

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A man is a phoenix, who must be reborn from his own ashes, for there is no other like him in the universe. If the wind stirs the ashes into a clumsy parody, then the phoenix is dead forever. Nothing we know of can bring you back.

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About Algis Budrys

Algis Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic.

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Also Known As: Algis
Alternative Names: Algirdas Jonas Budrys David C. Hodgkins Paul Janvier Ivan Janvier Gordon Jaulyn Gordon Javlyn Robert Marner Jeffries Oldmann Alger Rome William Scarff John A. Sentry Albert Stroud
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“Armies!” he burst out. “The day Freemen organize to invade another area is the day they stop being Freemen. They become soldiers, loyal to the army and their generals. They lose their identification with their homes and families. They become a separate class—an armed, organized class of military specialists no one family can stand against. And on that day, freedom dies for everybody.

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