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We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand.

Alec Waugh

We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand.

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About Alec Waugh

Alexander Raban Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh, uncle of Auberon Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic and publisher. His first wife was Barbara Jacobs (1900–1996), daughter of the writer William Wymark Jacobs, his second wife was Joan Chirnside (1902–1969), and his third wife was Virginia Sorenson (1912–1991), author of the Newbery Medal-winning Miracles on Maple Hill.