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My intuition told me that it was the grass that was important.Now it glows parrot-green, cool as mint, soft as moss, lying there like a cashmere blanket.

W. P. Kinsella

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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
Important
Soft
Like
Intuition
Cashmere
Grass
Glows
Cool
Parrot
Green
Parrots
Environment
Mint
Told
Moss
Lying
Blanket

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