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December 16, 1775: Writer Jane Austen is born (d. 1817). Today, she remains one of the most popular storytellers in the English language.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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