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Margaret was born to Alfred and Beatrice Roberts. Her father was a hard-working shopkeeper, and Maggie was actually born in an apartment directly above the shop. The shop was a busy place and very much the center of gravity in the family.
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“You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never any substitute for those friendships of childhood that survive into adult years. Those are the ones in which we are bound to one another with hoops of steel.”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
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“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
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