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I was right when I said I'd never look back. It hurts too much, it drags at your heart till you can't ever do anything else except look back.

Margaret Mitchell

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Margaret Mitchell
Age: 48 †
Born: 1900
Born: November 9
Died: 1949
Died: August 16
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Atlanta
Georgia
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
Never
Anything
Back
Drags
Ever
Hurts
Look
Drag
Looks
Till
Right
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Heart
Hurt
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