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We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.

William Golding

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William Golding
Age: 81 †
Born: 1911
Born: September 19
Died: 1993
Died: June 19
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Newquay
Cornwall
William Gerald Albert Golding
Sir William Gerald Golding
Natures
Cannot
Together
Live
Without
Injuring
Disharmony

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