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I can list on one hand the famous science fiction writers I never met.


Robert Silverberg

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ROBERT FULGHUM To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for...
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ROBERT FULGHUM And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold h...
ROBERT FULGHUM The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.
ROBERT FULGHUM 'Maybe.' There's our word. The wisest answer to ultimate questions.
ROBERT FULGHUM If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem...
ROBERT FULGHUM Weddings seem to be magnets for mishap and for whatever craziness lurks in family closets. In more w...
ROBERT FULGHUM My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the la...
ROBERT FULGHUM I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and t...
ROBERT FULGHUM Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
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