Edna O'Brien
Josephine Edna O'Brien was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer.
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Trending topics shown first"It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling of bureaucracy permeates every corner of our existence."
"She has always ridden the passions as if they were a magnificent horse."
"Oh, God, who does not exist, you hate women, otherwise you'd have made them different. And Jesus, who snubbed your mother, you hate them more."
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1930
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