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None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

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
Feminism
Feminist
Equality
Calm
None
Rationality
Water
Persuasion
Lives
Empowerment
Women
Waters

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