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No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into.

Djuna Barnes

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Djuna Barnes
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 12
Died: 1982
Died: June 18
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Cornwall on Hudson
New York
Lydia Steptoe
Minds
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Else
Someone
Littles
Little
Much
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Careful

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