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There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
Safety
Cannot
Women
Persons
Emma
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Love
Reserved
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Attraction

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