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I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Long
Foundation
Love
Knew
Middle
Begun
Hours
Spot
Words
Laid
Cannot
Spots
Look
Romantic
Looks
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