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Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

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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
Life
Bearable
Disappointment
Tears
Film

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very young people are true but not resounding instruments.
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Sins cut boldly up through every class in society, but mere misdemeanours show a certain level in life.
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children like change - for one thing, they never anticipate regret.
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All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.
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Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.
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