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Life itself, however, flows and is sequential and punishes those who try to compartmentalize it.

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
Flow
However
Trying
Life
Sequential
Compartmentalize
Punishes
Flows

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