Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead… - Gertrude Stein

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Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said.

Gertrude Stein

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Gertrude Stein (3 February 1874 – 27 July 1946) was an American expatriate writer, poet, feminist, and playwright, who lived most of her life in Europe. She is remembered for her "flow-of-thought" and sometimes "cyclical" or "circular" manner of expressing things.

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Alternative Names: Gertruda Stein • Gertruda Staĭn

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Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said. - Gertrude Stein

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