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Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.
Dag Hammarskjold
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Dag Hammarskjold
Age: 55 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 1
Died: 1961
Died: January 1
Diplomat
Economist
Poet
Politician
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Jönköpings stad
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld
Whole
Waiting
Grownup
Children
Happy
Surrenders
Long
Moment
Grownups
Always
Next
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Time
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Christmas
Also
Summer
Seems
Becoming
Soul
Child
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