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Elizabeth Smart is an American author renowned for her young adult novels. Born on November 3, 1987, she has gained acclaim for her compelling storytelling and relatable characters. Her books frequently explore themes of identity, family, and personal development.

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“What is poetry? Do not enquire. The secret dies by prying. How does the heart beat? I fainted when I saw it on the screen, opening and closing like a flower ... Poetry is like this, it is life moving, terrible, vivid. Look the other way when you write, or you might faint.”

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“Yesterday from my office window I saw a crippled girl negotiating her way across the street, her shoulders squarely braced. At each jerky movement her hair flew back like an annunciatory angel, and I saw she was the only dancer on the street.”

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“Go to the ant, thou sluggard, learn to live, and by her busy ways, reform thy own.”

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“Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ways to bind you to the earth.”

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Book:Necessary secrets: the journals of Elizabeth Smart

Source: Necessary secrets: the journals of Elizabeth Smart

About the Author

Born: November 3, 1987
Known for: Author
Quotes: 38

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By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept ; And, The Assumption of the Rogues & RascalsRelated source material

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