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Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me.

Bei Dao

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Bei Dao
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: August 2
Poet
Writer
Peking
Zhao Zhenkai
Writing
Thing
Going
Sustains
Preservation
Keeps
Form
Self

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