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From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.

Ella Maillart

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Ella Maillart
Age: 94 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 20
Died: 1997
Died: March 27
Alpine Skier
Photographer
Writer
Genève
Beginning
Wind
Desire
Wanted
Live
Tidy
Life
Patiently
Tide
Tides

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I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.
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