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“IT IS THE PRIVILEGE OF OLD PEOPLE
TO SEEM TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
BUT IT’S AN ACT AND A MASK,
LIKE EVERY OTHER ACT AND MASK. BETWEEN OURSELVES, WE OLD ONES WINK AT EACH OTHER AND SMILE, SAYING, ‘HOW DO YOU LIKE MY MASK,
MY ACT, MY CERTAINTY? ISN’T LIFE A PLAY? DON’T I PLAY IT WELL?’”
– Ray Bradbury
