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The company she keeps (1942)
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Waves of shame ran through her, like savage internal blushes.
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If you talked or laughed in church, told lies, had impure thoughts or conversations, you were bad; if you obeyed your parents or guardians, went to confession and communion regularly, said prayers for the dead, you were good.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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June 21, 1912
Died:
October 25, 1989
(aged 77)
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