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"It is a constant wonder to me how crazy a sane person can get."
Frederik PohlWhen you spend weeks on end close to another person, so close that you — Frederik Pohl
"When you spend weeks on end close to another person, so close that you know every hiccough, every smell and every scratch on the skin, you either come out of it hating each other or so deep in each others gut that you cant find a way out. Klara and I were both. Our little love affair had turned into a Siamese-twin relationship. There wasnt any romance in it. There wasnt room enough between us for romance to occur. And yet I knew every inch of Klara, every pore, and every thought, far better than Id known my own mother. And in the same way: from the womb out. I was surrounded by Klara."
Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl
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Frederik George Pohl Jr. was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna", to the 2011 novel All the Lives He Led.
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