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A butterfly is like the soul of a person, it dries out in captivity.
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Nobody can be so beautiful from the outside and so hollow from inside. Not even in a third-rate novel.
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Everything is important. To the smallest insect, even the mouldering tree, the deepest stone in the drift.
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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Marlene van Niekerk
Born:
November 10, 1954
(age 70)
Bio:
Marlene van Niekerk is a South African author who is best known for her novel Triomf.
Known for:
Agaat (2004)
Triomf (1994)
The Swan Whisperer: An Inaugural Lecture (2015)
Memorandum: A Story with Paintings
Agaat: Roman
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