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But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Age: 44 †
Born: 1900
Born: June 29
Died: 1944
Died: July 31
Aircraft Pilot
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