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To Crystal, hair was the most important thing on earth. She would never get married because you couldn't wear curlers in bed then.

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Love... is like nature, but in reverse; first it fruits, then it flowers, then it seems to wither, then it goes deep, deep down into its burrow, where no one sees it, where it is lost from sight, and ultimately people die with that secret buried inside their souls.

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Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart.

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After that dark woman you search for someone who will fit into the irregular corners of your heart.

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I am committing suicide through lack of intelligence, and through not knowing, not learning to know, how to live.

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Edna O'Brien

Edna O'Brien

Born: December 15, 1930
Died: July 27, 2024 (aged 93)
Bio: Edna O'Brien was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short story writer. She was considered the "doyenne" of Irish literature.
Known for:
  1. The Little Red Chairs (2015)
  2. The Country Girls (1960)
  3. Country Girl (2012)
  4. The Love Object (1968)
  5. Girl with Green Eyes (1962)
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If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

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I have a heart with room for every joy.

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Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

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A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

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