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Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.

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To die should be the most interesting journey of all the journeys a person can take.

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Not only has one to do one's best, one must, while doing one's best, remain detached from whatever one is trying to achieve.

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I had been proud of my awareness, aware of my pride, and proud of that awareness again. It went on like this: How clever I am that I know I am so stupid, how stupid I am to think that I am clever, and how clever I am that I am aware of my stupidity, etc.

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Janwillem van de Wetering

Janwillem van de Wetering

Born: March 12, 1931
Died: July 4, 2008 (aged 77)
Bio: Janwillem Lincoln van de Wetering was the author of a number of works in English and Dutch.
Known for:
  1. The Maine Massacre (1979)
  2. Outsider in Amsterdam (1975)
  3. The Corpse on the Dike (1976)
  4. The Japanese corpse (1977)

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