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The people who pretend that dying is rather like strolling into the next room always leave me unconvinced. death, like birth, must be a tremendous event.
-J. B. Priestley
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The People Who Pretend That Dying Is

J. B. Priestley
The people who pretend that dying is rather like strolling into the next room always leave me unconvinced. death, like birth, must be a tremendous event.
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