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There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.
Katherine Mansfield
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Katherine Mansfield
Age: 34 †
Born: 1888
Born: October 14
Died: 1923
Died: January 9
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Wellington
New Zealand
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