Haunted from my early youth ...

Haunted from my early youth by the transitoriness and pathos of life, I was aware that it is not enough to say \
Haunted from my early youth by the transitoriness and pathos of life, I was aware that it is not enough to say "I am doing no harm," I ought to be testing myself daily, and asking myself what I am really achieving.
 Margot Asquith

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She spends her day powdering her face till she looks like a bled pig.
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