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I never did write a biography, and I don't exactly know how to set about it; you see I have to be accurate and keep to the facts, a most difficult thing for a writer of fiction.

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He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

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I would not trust a mouse to a woman if a man's judgment could be had.

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There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty.

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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
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Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell
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Born: September 29, 1810
Died: November 12, 1865 (aged 55)
Bio: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson, often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era.
Known for:
  1. North and South (1854)
  2. Cranford (1851)
  3. Mary Barton (1848)
  4. Wives and Daughters (1864)
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