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Emptying the ashtrays was very expressive of myself. i just lump everything in a great heap which i have labeled ‘the past,’ and having thus emptied this deep reservoir that was once myself, i am ready to continue.
Zelda Fitzgerald
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Zelda Fitzgerald
Age: 47 †
Born: 1900
Born: July 24
Died: 1948
Died: March 10
Artist
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Montgomery
Alabama
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
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Thus
Emptied
Continue
Reservoir
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Ready
Lump
Past
Labeled
Everything
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Heap
Ashtrays
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Emptying
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