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A dead tree, falling, made less havoc than a live one. It seemed as though a live tree went down fighting, like an animal.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Age: 57 †
Born: 1896
Born: August 8
Died: 1953
Died: December 14
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...a pie so delicate, so luscious, that I hope to be propped up on my dying bed and fed a generous portion. Then I think that I should refuse outright to die, for life would be too good to relinquish.
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