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So each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in some dream, some affection, some hobby, or at least some remote and distant hope.

Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Dorchester
Dorset
Private
Sun
Least
Bask
Hope
Hobby
Dream
Remote
Littles
Hobbies
Soul
Distant
Little
Affection

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