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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.
Harper Lee
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Harper Lee
Age: 89 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 28
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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