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It is much more exquisite to be blown from the tree as a flower than to be shaken down as a shriveled and bitter fruit.

Zoe Akins

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Zoe Akins
Age: 71 †
Born: 1886
Born: October 30
Died: 1958
Died: October 29
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Humansville
Missouri
Zoe Akins
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Fruit
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