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Radclyffe Hall was a 19th-century British poet and author. Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe-Hall, also known by her pen name Radclyffe Hall, was an English poet and author best known for her novel The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, she often called herself John, rather than Marguerite. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“Do try to remember this: even the world's not so black as it is painted"-Valerie to Stephen (pg. 408)”
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“But now, here she was, very wishful to pray, while not knowing how to explain her dilemma: Im terribly unhappy, dear, unprobable God would not be a very propitious beginning.”
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“For the sake of all the others who are like you, but less strong and less gifted perhaps, many of them, it's up to you to have the courage to make good.”
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— Radclyffe Hall
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