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Through travel I first became aware of the outside world it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it.

Eudora Welty

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Eudora Welty
Age: 102 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: July 23
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Eudora Alice Welty
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