I did what most writers do at their beginnings: emulated my elders, im…

Ray Bradbury
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I did what most writers do at their beginnings: emulated my elders, imitated my peers, thus turning away from any possibility of discovering truths beneath my skin and behind my eye. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2013). The Martian Chronicles, p.4, Harper Collins
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I did what most writers do at their beginnings: emulated my elders, imitated my peers, thus turning away from any possibility of discovering truths beneath my skin and behind my eye. ✨ Ray Bradbury (2013). The Martian Chronicles, p.4, Harper Collins

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