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I travel light; as light,
That is, as a man can travel who will
Still carry his body around because
Of its sentimental value.

— Christopher Fry The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

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Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Where in this small-talking world can I find
A longitude with no platitude?

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

The moon is nothing
But a circumambulating aphrodisiac
Divinely subsidized to provoke the world
Into a rising birth-rate.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

I hear
A gay modulating anguish, rather like music.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

The Great Bear is looking so geometrical
One would think that something or other could be proved.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

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