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God help me, he thought. God help all us poor wretches who could create and find we must lose our hearts for it because we cannot afford to spend our time at it. (“Mad House”)
God help me, he thought. God help all us poor wretches who could create and find we must lose our hearts for it because we cannot afford to spend our time at it. (“Mad House”)
Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
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- Richard Matheson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Richard Matheson: documented activity in 1950. Wikidata Q325130, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325130 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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