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Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common.

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
Perfect
Even
Memory
Memories
Common
Happiness

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