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Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.
Lillian Hellman
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Lillian Hellman
Age: 79 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 20
Died: 1984
Died: September 30
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lillian Florence Hellman
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Drinking makes uninteresting people matter less and late at night, matter not at all.
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Lonely. I always thought loneliness meant alone, without people. It means something else.
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