Dawn Powell quote

The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Dawn Powell

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Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126): Dance Night / Come Back to Sorrento / Turn, Magic Wheel / Angels on Toast / A  Time to Be Born (Library of America Dawn Powell Edition)
Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126): Dance Night / Come Back to Sorrento / Turn, Magic Wheel / Angels on Toast / A Time to Be Born (Library of America Dawn Powell Edition)
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