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I believe that time, with its infinite understanding, will one day forgive me.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
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Fresno
California
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Time
Forgive
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