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Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.

Brendan Behan

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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
Journalist
Poet
Songwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
Writing
Hurts
Never
Letter
Friendly
Letters
Friendship
Hurt
Around
Nothing

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