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“I shouldn’t need to remind you that it was words that created the universe and The Word that now holds it together. While your man was simply reading one little book, something not unlike Genesis was stirring in his skull, and you didn’t think to stop it?”

Quote by Geoffrey Wood

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Geoffrey Wood, born in 1945, is an accomplished author whose works span a variety of genres, including history, literature, and philosophy. more

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