A Quote by A. S. Byatt

The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence.

A. S. Byatt

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Appears Community Dies Ephemeral Existence Fruit His Individual Instant Species Thought

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A. S. Byatt
English - Novelist
Born: August 24, 1936

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