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Intuition is not infallible it only seems to be the truth. It is a message which we may interpret wrongly.
Christina Stead
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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
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Short Story Writer
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Rockdale City
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