“Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case, what is the question? Then she died.”
Quote by Gertrude Stein
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Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein, an American writer born on February 3, 1874, and died on July 27, 1946. She is renowned for her unique writing style and her influence on modernist literature. more
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