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The real comfort is that the history of the world contains so much grief that my small griefs are edged out, and are only cinders at the borders of the fire. I am saying this again because I want it to be true.
The real comfort is that the history of the world contains so much grief that my small griefs are edged out, and are only cinders at the borders of the fire. I am saying this again because I want it to be true.
Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern
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- Sebastian Barry
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- Approximate author period: c. 1955 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Sebastian Barry: documented birth year 1955; activity date not established. Wikidata Q178100, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178100 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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