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Quotation from The True Story of My Life by Hans Christian Andersen

“That was the first day of real sorrow which I remember.”

Hans Christian Andersen

The True Story of My Life, Chapter I, trans. Mary Howitt

Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen

The day his father marches away as a soldier while the boy lies sick with measles.

Citation: "That was the first day of real sorrow which I remember." — Hans Christian Andersen, The True Story of My Life, Chapter I, trans. Mary Howitt. (id the-true-story-of-my-life-q3)

Portrait: Hans Christian Andersen by Thora Hallager 1869, Thora Hallager, Public domain.

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