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I came to a clear conclusion, and it is a universal one: To live, to struggle, to be in love with life--in love with all life holds, joyful or sorrowful--is fulfillment. The fullness of life is open to all of us.

Betty Smith

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Betty Smith
Age: 75 †
Born: 1896
Born: December 15
Died: 1972
Died: January 17
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Brooklyn
New York
Elisabeth Lillian Wehner
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Clear
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Love
Holds
Life
Conclusion
Universal
Struggle
Open
Sorrowful

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