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We desert those who desert us we cannot afford to suffer we must live how we can.

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
Cannot
Live
Must
Afford
Desert
Suffer
Survival
Suffering

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