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Chance acquaintances are sometimes the most memorable, for brief friendships have such definite starting and stopping points that they take on a quality of art, of a whole thing, which cannot be broken or spoiled.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Fresno
California
Take
Memorable
Whole
Points
Acquaintances
Sometimes
Starting
Friendships
Thing
Broken
Spoiled
Quality
Acquaintance
Chance
Brief
Art
Stopping
Cannot
Definite

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