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The only answer in this life, to the loneliness we are all bound to feel, is community.
Dorothy Day
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Dorothy Day
Age: 83 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 8
Died: 1980
Died: November 29
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Don't call me a saint I don't want to be dismissed so easily.
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