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It took me some time to learn that although every one secretly cherishes the ambition to be 'put in a book,' no one is ever satisfied with anything save incense, butter, and honey, unrelieved by salt or spice.

Gertrude Atherton

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Gertrude Atherton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1858
Born: January 14
Died: 1948
Died: June 14
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Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Gertrude Franklin Atherton
Asmodeus
Frank Lin
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Book
Satisfied
Incense
Every
Although
Spice
Time
Ambition
Spices
Save
Secretly
Took
Butter
Learn
Salt
Anything
Cherish
Unrelieved
Ever
Honey
Cherishes

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