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What a fearfully distracting, perplexing and heart-searching business it is to live.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Age: 79 †
Born: 1879
Born: February 17
Died: 1958
Died: November 9
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Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.
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On New Year's Day every calendar, large and small, has the same number of dates. But we soon learn that the years are of very different lengths.
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What better can any of us do than to reach for our own stars ... and know which they are?
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There is no human relationship more intimate than that of nurse and patient, one in which the essentials of character are more rawly revealed.
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Oh, yes, of course I like music, too. Very much. It's so pleasant of an evening, especially when made by your friends at home. I often say I like it better than cards. Though I must say I do like a good game of bridge.
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