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Miss X has always been a ditherer -- she was a ten month baby and has not improved in any material way since then.

Mary Ann Shaffer

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Mary Ann Shaffer
Age: 73 †
Born: 1934
Born: December 13
Died: 2008
Died: February 16
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Martinsburg
West Virginia
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Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.
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Isn't that something-to know your own soul by hearsay, instead of its own tidings? Why should I let a preacher tell me if I had one or not? If I could believe I hada soul, all by myself, then I could listen to its tidings all by myself.
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What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to berate me for never telling her about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Why hadn't she known there were better love stories around? Stories not riddled with ill-adjusted men, anguish, death and graveyards!
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Life goes on. What nonsense, I thought, of course it doesn't. It's death that goes on.
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