"A bit beyond perception's reach I sometimes believe I see that Life is two locked boxes, each containing the other's key."
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Piet Hein
Piet Hein (16 December 1905 – 18 April 1996) was a Danish mathematician, scientist, inventor, and poet. He often wrote using the pseudonym Kumbel (Old Norse for "tombstone").
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