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Shirley Hazzard Quotes: The sweetness that all longed for night and day. Some tragedy might be idly guessed at-loss or illness. She had the luminosity of those about to die.
         

The sweetness that all longed for night and day. Some tragedy might be idly guessed at-loss or illness. She had the luminosity of those about to die.


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This page presents the quote "The sweetness that all longed for night and day. Some tragedy might be idly guessed at-loss or illness. She had the luminosity of those about to die.". Author of this quote is Shirley Hazzard. This quote is about illness, tragedy, sweetness, might, night, loss,.