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Every time I think I've touched bottom as far as boredom is concerned, new vistas of ennui open up.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
Writer
Yonkers
New York State
Thinking
Boredom
Touched
Bottom
Concerned
Open
Every
Time
Ennui
Think
Vistas

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