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[Death is] the best asylum for pains and sorrows and troubles and the injustices of life.

Sadegh Hedayat

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Sadegh Hedayat
Age: 48 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 17
Died: 1951
Died: April 9
Novelist
Poet
Prosaist
Translator
Writer
Teheran
Injustice
Sorrow
Trouble
Injustices
Pain
Asylum
Death
Asylums
Best
Sorrows
Life
Pains
Troubles

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