"The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing alive enough to have strength to die. (from "Neutral Tones")" - Thomas Hardy

Engraved portrait of Thomas Hardy, facing left

"The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing alive enough to have strength to die. (from "Neutral Tones")"

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About Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy OM (June 2 1840 – January 11 1928) was an English novelist, short story writer and poet.

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