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Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman.
Robertson Davies
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Robertson Davies
Age: 82 †
Born: 1913
Born: August 28
Died: 1995
Died: December 3
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There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go mad, or die.
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Oh hearts! Nobody gets through life without a broken heart. The important thing is to break the heart so that when it mends it will be stronger than before.
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