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There is only one world the world pressing against you at this minute. There is only one minute in which you are alive this minute here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
Storm Jameson
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Storm Jameson
Age: 95 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 8
Died: 1986
Died: September 30
Journalist
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Whitby
North Yorkshire
Margaret Storm Jameson
Margaret Ethel Storm Jameson
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... the truth is exactly that which can't be got into words. We are forced to lie, a little or, if we are inferior, much.
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