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We must use words as they are used, or stand aside from life.
Ivy Compton-Burnett
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Ivy Compton-Burnett
Age: 85 †
Born: 1884
Born: June 5
Died: 1969
Died: August 27
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London
England
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some people always have a touch of youth about them.
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When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst. They want to avoid the feeling of pity. As though they were the people most concerned!
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I think I feel on the whole that something's there trying to get out ... It's sort of trying to get out and wants help.
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As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.
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There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.
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There is more difference within the sexes than between them.
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We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid.
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To young people the future is still long.
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