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Inanimate objects were often so much nicer than people, she thought. What person, for example, could possibly be so comforting as one's bed?
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I imagine the proverb about too many cooks spoiling the broth can be applied to writing as well as anything else. The poetical or literary broth is better cooked by one person.
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You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only too true and hoped I did not appear too much that kind of person to others. Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Barbara Pym
Born:
June 2, 1913
Died:
January 11, 1980
(aged 66)
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