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Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.

Jean Rhys

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Jean Rhys
Age: 88 †
Born: 1890
Born: August 24
Died: 1979
Died: May 14
Novelist
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Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams
Ella Rees Williams
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Succession
Seldom
Aging
Quickly
Age
Jerks
Often
Smoothly
Arrives

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