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Whenever he was en route from one place to another, he was able to look at his life with a little more objectivity than usual. it was often on trpis that he thought most clearly, and made the decisions that he could not reach when he was stationary.

Whenever he was en route from one place to another, he was able to look at his life with a little more objectivity than usual. it was often on trpis that he thought most clearly, and made the decisions that he could not reach when he was stationary.

Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern

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Paul Bowles
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Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Paul Bowles: life dates 1910 to 1999. Wikidata Q358342, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358342 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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