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Elizabeth Bowen Quotes: I know that I have in my make-up layers of synthetic experiences, and that the most powerful of my memories are only half true.
         

I know that I have in my make-up layers of synthetic experiences, and that the most powerful of my memories are only half true.


Elizabeth Bowen
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