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Innocently sensual as a faun, and quite as ignorant of the fact that the tortures of the flesh are no less real than its ecstasies, he had surrendered himself to love only to ‘awake and find how bitter an awakening can be. And his tragedy was not one which could resolve itself in any traditional way.

— Joseph Wood Krutch

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Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

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