A Quote by Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Whenever the kindly uncles and aunts came over for a cup of tea and asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, it was always the same: an 'authoress', and illustrate my own books.

Cecilia Dart-Thornton

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Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Australian - Author

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