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Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.

Iris Murdoch

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
Author
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Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
Prosaist
Writer
Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
Earth
Opening
Still
Smell
Littles
Starting
Little
Door
Feel
Doors
Feels
Wind
Misty
Novel
Blowing
Stills
Landscape

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