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Regardless of the popular literary trend of the times, write the thing which lies close to your heart.
Bess Streeter Aldrich
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Bess Streeter Aldrich
Age: 73 †
Born: 1881
Born: February 17
Died: 1954
Died: August 3
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When I was young I had no means or time, and now I have the means and time, I have no youth.
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