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I had a good-talking candle last night in my bedroom. I was very tired but I wanted somebody to be with me, so I lit a candle and listened to its comfortable voice of light until I was asleep.

Richard Brautigan

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Richard Brautigan
Age: 49 †
Born: 1935
Born: January 30
Died: 1984
Died: October 25
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Tacoma
Washington
Richard Gary Brautigan
Night
Candle
Light
Tired
Wanted
Comfortable
Good
Somebody
Talking
Lit
Lasts
Listened
Last
Asleep
Voice
Bedroom

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