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Habit, of which passion must be wary, may all the same be the sweetest part of love.

Elizabeth Bowen

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Elizabeth Bowen
Age: 73 †
Born: 1899
Born: June 7
Died: 1973
Died: February 22
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Dublin city
Elisabeth Bowen
Wary
Sweetest
Habit
Passion
Part
May
Must
Love

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