“’Neath cold sand I dreamed of death / but woke at dawn to see / in glory, the bright, the morning star.
This was not judgement day — only morning. Morning: excellent and fair.”

—  William Styron , book Sophie's Choice

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American novelist and essayist 1925–2006

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