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If the war had taught her anything, it was to take nothing for granted: that it wasn’t safe to put off what mattered. Life could snatch away the things you treasured, and there was no getting them back.
If the war had taught her anything, it was to take nothing for granted: that it wasn’t safe to put off what mattered. Life could snatch away the things you treasured, and there was no getting them back.
Approximate author period: c. 1971 AD · modern
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- M.L. Stedman
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- Approximate author period: c. 1971 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for M. L. Stedman: documented birth year 1971; activity date not established. Wikidata Q19810457, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19810457 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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