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Everything is very quiet, the streets are never crowded, and the people one dislikes are out of town.
Elizabeth Bowen
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Elizabeth Bowen
Age: 73 †
Born: 1899
Born: June 7
Died: 1973
Died: February 22
Novelist
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Dublin city
Elisabeth Bowen
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Ireland is a great country to die or be married in.
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nothing is more restful than conformity.
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Someone soon to start on a journey is always a little holy.
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fashion seems to exist for an abstract person who is not you or me.
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