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She seemed to belong to that pagan, primitive kingdom of birds and forests where everything was infinitely abundant, wild, blooming, and royal in its perpetual decay, death, and rebirth illicit and clashing with the human world.
Jerzy Kosinski
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Jerzy Kosinski
Age: 57 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 14
Died: 1991
Died: May 3
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Everything
Kingdoms
Rebirth
Humans
Forests
Infinitely
World
Belong
Royal
Wild
Decay
Clashing
Seemed
Primitive
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Bird
Perpetual
Blooming
Death
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Birds
Pagan
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