Life is a hot day, perhaps death is a cool night. Life is a shallow bay, perhaps death is a clear, deep sea. - Mika Waltari

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Life is a hot day, perhaps death is a cool night. Life is a shallow bay, perhaps death is a clear, deep sea.

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About Mika Waltari

Mika Waltari (19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish author, best known for the historical novel The Egyptian.

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Pen Names: Kristian Korppi Leo Rainio Leo Arne M. Ritvala Nauticus
Alternative Names: Mika Toimi Waltari

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Sinuhe, my friend, we have been born into strange times. Everything is melting - changing its shape - like clay on a potter's wheel. Dress is changing, words, customs are changing, and people no longer believe in the gods - though they may fear them. Sinuhe, my friend, perhaps we were born to see the sunset of the world, for the world is already old, and twelve hundred years have passed since the building of the pyramids. When I think of this, I want to bury my head in my hands and cry like a child.

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