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Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a knife and a pear are never afraid of the dark.

Yann Martel

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
Author
Novelist
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Carry
Incandescent
Inner
Pear
Afraid
Glows
Dark
Pears
White
Slice
Light
Knife
Find
Knives
Never
Flesh

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