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Jane Aiken Hodge
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“You have no idea, sir, how difficult it is to be the victim of benevolence.”
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“... it is not given to everyone to shine in adversity.”
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“Happiness is transparent. ... That is its virtue.”
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“Bad laws make bad customs.”
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“Don't say any of it. You'll only be sorry later. Discussing things hardens them, makes them more real than they need to be.”
Jane Aiken Hodge, U.S. novelist
(1917 - 2009)