Peter Dickinson

English children's writer.

Born December 16th, 1927 in Livingstone. [ref]

Died December 16th, 2015 at 88 years old in Winchester. [ref]

Occupations
children's writer, novelist, poet, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche