‘Tell me this–if you knew you would be poor as a church mouse all your life–if you knew
‘Tell me this–if you knew you would be poor as a church mouse all your life–if you knew you’d never have a line published–would you still go on writing–would you?’‘Of course I would,’ said Emily disdainfully. 'Why, I have to write–I can’t help it at times–I’ve just got to.’ The Emily series by L.M. Montgomery -- source link
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