"I have prized courage. For with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it β he is never for one instant safe!"
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Novelists from EnglandShort story writers from EnglandWomen authors from EnglandWomen born in the 1880sPeople from Kent
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Ch. 15, p. 140
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Phyllis Bottome
Phyllis Forbes Dennis (nΓ©e Bottome; 31 May 1884 β 22 August 1963) was a British novelist and short story writer.
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