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Ther days may come,/Ther days may go,/But still the light of Mem'ry weaves/Those gentle dreams/Of long ago

— T. H. White The Queen of Air and Darkness (1939)

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The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong, without comment.

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The best thing for being sad … is to learn something.

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God is love, the bishops tell.
Yes, I know, But love is hell.

God is love, the parson whined.
Yes, and is he also blind?

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The Once and Future King (1958)

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