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Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?
Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?
Approximate author period: c. 2002 AD · contemporary
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- Jennifer Donnelly
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- Approximate author period: c. 2002 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for Jennifer Donnelly: documented activity in 2002. Wikidata Q464963, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464963 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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