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Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant.

Edna Ferber

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Edna Ferber
Age: 80 †
Born: 1887
Born: August 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 16
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Appleton
Wisconsin
Cold
Cruel
Death
Lover
Ever
Fascinating
Writing
Defeat
Really
Lovers
Love
Warm
Life
Constant
Lavish
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Treacherous

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