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Alice Walker

(1944--)

U.S. author

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.

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Alice Walker

(1944--) U.S. author Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence. www.english-slang.com

between life and death

[between life and death] {adv. phr.} In danger of dying or being killed; with life or death possible. * /He held on to the mountainside between life and death while […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

life

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[do to death] {v. phr.} To overdo; do something so often that it becomes extremely boring or tiresome. * /The typical car chase scene in motion pictures has been done […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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