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... and through it all and afterwards they would be together, making their own world where nothing mattered but the things they could give to one another, the loveliness, the silence, and the peace.

Daphne du Maurier

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Daphne du Maurier
Age: 81 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 13
Died: 1989
Died: April 19
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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London
England
Dame Daphne du Maurier
Together
Mattered
Nothing
Loveliness
Giving
Afterwards
Things
Silence
Would
Peace
World
Making
Another
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