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Haven't you noticed that we women daydream infinitely less than you men? We can't anticipate pleasure in our imagination or keep suffering out our lives with some imaginary consolation.Whatever is,is.Imagintion! It's so paltry!Yes,when you've grown older,as I have,you occasionally make do with the poor comedy of the imagination.

Jens Peter Jacobsen

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Jens Peter Jacobsen
Age: 38 †
Born: 1847
Born: April 7
Died: 1885
Died: April 30
Botanist
Novelist
Poet
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Jens Peter Jacobsen
Less
Havens
Anticipate
Lives
Haven
Infinitely
Keep
Comedy
Consolation
Women
Imagination
Occasionally
Make
Pleasure
Noticed
Men
Suffering
Imaginary
Paltry
Poor
Grown
Daydream
Whatever
Older
Daydreaming

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