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“Advice to Young Journal Keepers. Be lenient with yourself. Conceal your worst faults, leave out your most shameful thoughts, actions, and temptations. Give yourself all the good and interesting qualities you want and haven't got. If you should die young, what comfort would it be to your relatives to read the truth and have to say: It is not a pearl we have lost, but a swine?”

Quote by Rosamond Lehmann

Book:Invitation To The Waltz
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Invitation To The Waltz

This book delves into the complexities of human relationships, using the waltz as a metaphor for the intricate steps of life and love. more

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Rosamond Lehmann
Rosamond Lehmann

Rosamond Lehmann was an English novelist known for her delicate emotional portrayals and complex characterizations. Her works often explore themes of love, marriage, and feminine identity, with 'The Four Loves' and 'Edward Fitzgerald' being her most celebrated novels. more

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