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A thing can be true and still be desperate folly, Hazel.
A thing can be true and still be desperate folly, Hazel.
Approximate author period: c. 1968 AD · modern
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- Richard Adams
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- Approximate author period: c. 1968 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Richard Adams: life dates 1920 to 2016. Wikidata Q313289, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313289 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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