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Had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you.

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
Silence
Enough
Even
Sensibility
Heart
Provided
Bound
Bounds
Proof
Broken

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