"You come to a certain age and you know there is no event that can ruin your life. Or completely change it."
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From an interview with Sally Vincent, as cited in "What you always knew", The Guardian (17 September 2005)
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Alison Lurie
Alison Stewart Lurie (September 3, 1926 – December 3, 2020) was an American novelist and academic. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she wrote many non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress.
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