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there is nothing sorer to the spirit than falling below what one's lover thinks of one.

Naomi Mitchison

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Naomi Mitchison
Age: 101 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 1
Died: 1999
Died: January 11
Linguist
Novelist
Nurse
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Naomi May Margaret Haldane
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