Too often, it occurs to him that he’s lived just long enough to have completely outlived the world that made sense to him, the world where he fit. He… - Caitlín R. Kiernan

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Too often, it occurs to him that he’s lived just long enough to have completely outlived the world that made sense to him, the world where he fit. He’s as good as a goddamn dinosaur.

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About Caitlín R. Kiernan

Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan (born 26 May 1964) is an Irish-born American author, paleontologist, and prolific blogger perhaps most famous for the novels The Drowning Girl: A Memoir and The Red Tree. Kiernan is a two-time recipient of both the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards.

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Pen Names: Kathleen Tierney
Alternative Names: Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan Caitlin R. Kiernan Caitlin Rebekah Kiernan
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"Everyone is potentially one of those people, Governor," I replied. "It’s best to learn that before you do something you’ll have trouble living with." Best to learn it, really, before anyone — perhaps dozens of anyones — died to teach it to you.

But it was a hard lesson to learn any other way, as I knew from very personal experience.

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Looking at it all fucking backwards."

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