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The beginning is never the clear, precise end of a thread, the beginning is a long, painfully slow process that requires time and patience in order to find out in which direction it is heading, a process that feels its way along the path ahead like a blind man the beginning is just the beginning, what came before is nigh on worthless.

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Jose Saramago
Age: 87 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 16
Died: 2010
Died: June 18
Chronicler
Diarist
Dramaturge
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
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Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
Jose Saramago
Men
Process
Requires
Heading
Time
Order
Direction
Headings
Like
Ends
Blind
Worthless
Find
Beginning
Precise
Feels
Along
Thread
Long
Path
Slow
Way
Came
Patience
Nigh
Never
Clear
Ahead
Painfully

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