If you're a sailor, best not know how to swim. Swimming only prolongs the inevitable — if the sea wants you and your time has come. - James Clavell

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If you're a sailor, best not know how to swim. Swimming only prolongs the inevitable — if the sea wants you and your time has come.

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About James Clavell

James Clavell (born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell; 10 October 1924 – 7 September 1994) was an Australian World War II veteran and POW, who became a novelist, screenwriter and director.

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Birth Name: Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell
Alternative Names: Charles Edmund Dumaresq du Clavelle
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