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The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper -- whether little or great, it belongs to literature.

Source: Letter to author Willa Cather.
-- Sarah Orne Jewett, (Sep 3 1848-1909), US author; She was noted for stories depicting New England countryside charm, e.g., The Life of Nancy, 1895.

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