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People who are ordinarily understood to dislike each other or at least to be indifferent toward each other discover that they have much in common.

People who are ordinarily understood to dislike each other or at least to be indifferent toward each other discover that they have much in common.

Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Walker Percy
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Approximate author period: c. 1953 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Walker Percy: life dates 1916 to 1990. Wikidata Q176909, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176909 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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