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There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.
There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
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- Mignon McLaughlin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Mignon McLaughlin: life dates 1913 to 1983. Wikidata Q6844273, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6844273 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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