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You could not give up a human heart as you could give up drinking. The drink was yours, and you could give it up: but your lover’s soul was not your own: it was not at your disposal you had a duty towards it.

T. H. White

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T. H. White
Age: 57 †
Born: 1906
Born: May 29
Died: 1964
Died: January 17
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Terence Hanbury White
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