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Only, as long as we're going insane we may as well go the whole way. A mere shred of sanity is of no value.

S. S. Van Dine

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S. S. Van Dine
Age: 51 †
Born: 1887
Born: October 15
Died: 1939
Died: April 11
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Charlottesville
Virginia
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