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Emma Smith Quotes

1923–2018 England

Emma Smith (née Elspeth Hallsmith; 23 August 1923 – 24 April 2018) was an English novelist, children’s writer, and autobiographer. Her autographical memoir, Maidens' Trip (1948), won the 1949 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.

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We passed football-fields and playing-grounds, and heard from open factory windows the magnified cheerfulness of "Music While You Work".

This was India, made for her amusement. Even the sun invited her to pour out her gladness, to soak up its immense generous heat and sweat out her salty thanks. Even the beggars pranced with hope.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Emma Smith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.