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But dying is for the sweetest ones. And he remembers sweetness, when life was sweet, and sweetly he was given that other lifetime.
But dying is for the sweetest ones. And he remembers sweetness, when life was sweet, and sweetly he was given that other lifetime.
Approximate author period: c. 1958 AD · modern
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- Raymond Carver
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- Approximate author period: c. 1958 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Raymond Carver: documented activity in 1958. Wikidata Q219862, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219862 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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