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The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
Cyril Connolly
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Cyril Connolly
Age: 71 †
Born: 1903
Born: September 10
Died: 1974
Died: November 26
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Coventry
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Cyril Vernon Connolly
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Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.
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Hate is the consequence of fear we fear something before we hate a child who fears noises becomes the man who hates them.
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We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.
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