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I think I know so well the pain we children clutch to our chests, how it lasts our whole lifetime, with longings so large you can’t even weep. We hold it tight, we do, with each seizure of the beating heart: This is mine, this is mine, this is mine.
I think I know so well the pain we children clutch to our chests, how it lasts our whole lifetime, with longings so large you can’t even weep. We hold it tight, we do, with each seizure of the beating heart: This is mine, this is mine, this is mine.
Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
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- Elizabeth Strout
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- Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Elizabeth Strout: documented birth year 1956; activity date not established. Wikidata Q262712, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262712 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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