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A dog does not live as long as a man and this natural law is the fount of many tears. If boy and puppy might grow to manhood and doghood together, and together grow old, and so in due course die, full many a heartache might be avoided. But the world is not so ordered, and dogs will die and men will weep for them so long as there are dogs and men.

Ben Ames Williams

An author never has a vacation. He's a walking sponge, sopping up impressions till he's saturated, then going to his desk and squeezing them out on paper.

Ben Ames Williams

Ben Ames Williams

Ben Ames Williams

Born: March 7, 1889

Died: February 4, 1953 (aged 63)

Bio: Ben Ames Williams was an accomplished American novelist and short story writer; he wrote hundreds of short stories and over thirty novels during the course of his life. Among his novels are Come Spring, Leave Her to Heaven House Divided, and The Unconquered.

Known for:

Come Spring (1940)
House Divided (1947)
Leave Her to Heaven (1946)
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1919)
The Sea Bride (1919)

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