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The body was a cage, and inside that cage was something which looked, listened, feared, thought and marveled that something, that remainder left over after the body had been accounted for, was the soul.

Milan Kundera

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
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Brünn
Soul
Feared
Something
Cages
Listened
Looked
Inside
Marveled
Left
Remainder
Thought
Accounted
Body
Cage

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