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They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn't get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get.

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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Bombay
Terence Hanbury White
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Tim White
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