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Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.

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Freya Stark
Age: 100 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 31
Died: 1993
Died: May 9
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Essayist
Explorer
Mountaineer
Photographer
Travel Writer
Traveler
Writer
Paris
France
Dame Freya Madeline Stark
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Events
Pieces
Merry
Home
Carries
Heart
Carrie
External
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Christmas

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