[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be neither a follower nor a leader, butonly an aspiring heart, impatient in the failing body which imprisoned it.
T. H. WhiteAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: indian
- Born: May 29, 1906
- Died: January 17, 1964
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