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Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
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There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?
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Life has an end. A life that will outlive
Fame and friendship begs another name.
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You think you've stamped it all out but it's always lurking under the surface somewhere.
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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July 13, 1934
(age 90)
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