“Oswald Cabal: Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.”

—  H. G. Wells , book The Shape of Things to Come

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English writer 1866–1946

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