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You think one's any different from the next? I mean, when it comes right down to brass tacks, people killing each other since they figured out how, that's all. Give them pretty names and numbers, but it's all the same to the worms.

You think one's any different from the next? I mean, when it comes right down to brass tacks, people killing each other since they figured out how, that's all. Give them pretty names and numbers, but it's all the same to the worms.

Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern

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Caitlín R. Kiernan
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Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Caitlín R. Kiernan: documented birth year 1964; activity date not established. Wikidata Q4221522, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4221522 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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