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If they should only be ill,' she said, 'there would be so many little things we could do for them. It does seem in a kind of a way an opportunity. I often think it is only when a man is ill that he understands what a woman means in his life.
If they should only be ill,' she said, 'there would be so many little things we could do for them. It does seem in a kind of a way an opportunity. I often think it is only when a man is ill that he understands what a woman means in his life.
Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
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- Elizabeth Bowen
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- Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Elizabeth Bowen: documented activity in 1923. Wikidata Q235308, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235308 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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