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Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.
Diana Wynne Jones
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Diana Wynne Jones
Age: 76 †
Born: 1934
Born: August 16
Died: 2011
Died: March 26
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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London
England
Diana Gwyneth Jones
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Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person.
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To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.
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And it's a pity too that I've no right to open your letters. I hope you don't get many, or my conscience will give me no peace.
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