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Quotation from The True Story of My Life by Hans Christian Andersen
“The story of my life, up to the present hour, lies unrolled before me, so rich and beautiful that I could not have invented it.”
The True Story of My Life, Chapter VIII, trans. Mary Howitt
Looking back from the Pyrenees in July 1846 at the end of the sketch.
Citation: "The story of my life, up to the present hour, lies unrolled before me, so rich and beautiful that I could not have invented it." — Hans Christian Andersen, The True Story of My Life, Chapter VIII, trans. Mary Howitt. (id the-true-story-of-my-life-q7)
Portrait: Hans Christian Andersen by Thora Hallager 1869, Thora Hallager, Public domain.
