"Have patience, Margaret, and trouble not thyself. Death comes for us all; even at our birth — even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks toward us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. It is the law of nature, and the will of God. You have long known the secrets of my heart."
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Robert Bolt
Robert Oxton Bolt (August 15, 1924 – February 20, 1995) was an English playwright and screenwriter.
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