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The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you.

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Rebecca West
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: December 21
Died: 1983
Died: March 15
Author
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Suffragette
Writer
London
England
Cicely Isabel Fairfield
Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield
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Everything
Nothing
Enough
Carry
Adventure
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