I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk taker, a swashbuckl… - Percival Everett

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I was, in life, to be a gambler, a risk taker, a swashbuckler, a knight. I accepted, then and there, my place in this world. I was a fighter of windmills. I was a chaser of whales.

Percival Everett

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Percival Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and professor.

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