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Look into your own heart because who looks outside, dreams, but who looks inside awakes.

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
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Look
Looks
Heart
Awakes
Outside
Dreams
Inside

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