He had known in times of the greatest misery or danger that his dreams of home, in which all things seemed beautiful, were in essence his longing for the woman for whom he had been made. That was how, as a soldier, he had seen it, and it was how he had come through.
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- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 28, 1947
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