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I learned that time manages the most painful partings for us. One has only to set the date, buy the ticket, and let the earth, sun, and moon make their passages through the sky, until inexorable time carries us with it to the moment of parting.

Jill Ker Conway

Some friendships in life sustain themselves only at a particular life stage, products of some mutual developmental problem to be resolved together, or of some external circumstance, like being housed in the same dormitory in boarding school. Others grow out of a deeper spiritual and philosophical affinity, which continues throughout life.

Jill Ker Conway

Jill Ker Conway

Jill Ker Conway

Born: October 9, 1934

Died: June 1, 2018 (aged 83)

Bio: Jill Ker Conway was an Australian-American author. Well known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir, The Road from Coorain.

Known for:

The Road from Coorain (1989)
A Woman's Education (2001)
Felipe the Flamingo (2006)
Overnight float (2000)

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