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There were worse things than dying, and those worse things happened to the people you left behind.

There were worse things than dying, and those worse things happened to the people you left behind.

Approximate author period: c. 2000 AD · contemporary

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Author or tradition
P.C. Cast
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 2000 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for P. C. Cast: documented activity in 2000. Wikidata Q239944, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239944 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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