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The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth.

Mignon McLaughlin

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Happy
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Still
Body
May
Soul
Youth
Sleep

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