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We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 12
Died: 1958
Died: September 22
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having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.
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Girls inevitably grew into women, but something of the boy persisted in every man.
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