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The innocence of such children doesn't answer our deepest questions about this vale of tears to which we are condemned, but it helps to dispel them. That is the secret to family life.
The innocence of such children doesn't answer our deepest questions about this vale of tears to which we are condemned, but it helps to dispel them. That is the secret to family life.
Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern
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- Joyce Carol Oates
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- Approximate author period: c. 1938 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1938; activity date not established; Wikidata Q217557, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217557 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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