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Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.
Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.
Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
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- Jhumpa Lahiri
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- Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jhumpa Lahiri: documented birth year 1967; activity date not established. Wikidata Q465208, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465208 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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