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I had become shy of life's bustle in my solitary retreat and was apprehensive at the thought of facing the world.

~Selma Lagerlof

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Anyone who has ever sat in a train as it rushes through a dark night will know that sometimes there are long minutes when the coaches slide smoothly along without so much as a shudder.

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I thought of my father and felt a deep sorrow that he should no longer be alive, and that I could not go to him and tell him that I had been awarded the Nobel Prize. I knew that no one would have been happier than he to hear this.

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What would have become of me if no one had wanted to read my books? And don't forget all those who have written of me.

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Biography

Nationality: Swedish

Type: Author

Born: November 20th, 1858

Died: March 16th, 1940

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