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Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.
William Golding
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William Golding
Age: 81 †
Born: 1911
Born: September 19
Died: 1993
Died: June 19
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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William Gerald Albert Golding
Sir William Gerald Golding
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For a small island [Great Britain], the place is remarkably diverse.
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