I was a normal child. Which is to say, I was selfish and I was not ent…

Neil Gaiman
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I was a normal child. Which is to say, I was selfish and I was not entirely convinced of the existence of things that were not me, and I was certain, rock-solid, unshakeably certain, that I was the most important thing in creation. There was nothing that was more important to me than I was.
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