It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on … - Kim Stanley Robinson

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It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream.

Kim Stanley Robinson

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Kim Stanley Robinson (born 23 March 1952) is a science fiction novelist most famous for his Mars trilogy.

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It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream. - Kim Stanley Robinson

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