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I can't abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!
Diana Wynne Jones
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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
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I'm going up to my room now, where I may die.
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I'm delirious. Spots are crawling before my eyes. Those are spiders.
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