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We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us.
Dorothy L. Sayers
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Dorothy L. Sayers
Age: 64 †
Born: 1893
Born: June 13
Died: 1957
Died: December 17
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I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.
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