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Hopes are like hair ornaments. Girls want to wear too many of them. When they become old women they look silly wearing even one.

Hopes are like hair ornaments. Girls want to wear too many of them. When they become old women they look silly wearing even one.

Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern

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Arthur Golden
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Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Arthur Golden: documented birth year 1956; activity date not established. Wikidata Q432728, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432728 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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