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Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people

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"Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs"

- Rebecca West

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This quote is written / told by Rebecca West between December 21, 1892 and March 15, 1983. He/she was a famous Author from Ireland. The author also have 30 other quotes.

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