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John Dufresne

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January 30, 1948

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John Dufresne teaches in the Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing program at Florida International University. He is a French-Canadian born in America.

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the whitsun weddings redux

On the 50th anniversary of Philip Larkin's magnificent poem, "The Whitsun Weddings," fans are recreating the 200 mile train journey from Hull to London.

and none
Thought of the others they would never meet
Or how their lives would all contain this hour

Here's the poem.

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Average rating: 3.6 · 10,643 ratings · 1,458 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors

	Love Warps the Mind a Little 3.74 avg rating — 657 ratings — published 1997 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction 4.03 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Louisiana Power & Light 3.72 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Regrets, Coyote (Wylie Coyote, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Requiem, Mass. 3.32 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Darling Boy 3.30 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2025 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep in the Shade of Paradise 3.78 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FLASH!: Writing the Very Short Story 3.90 avg rating — 163 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Johnny Too Bad 4.10 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months 3.89 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can't possibly conduct a proper affair without a lot of deliberating, scheming, speculating, and conniving. It's a delicate balance where the excitement must equal the guilt and sex must be as bright as the future you gamble.”
― John Dufresne, Love Warps the Mind a Little

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“She knows what it's like to love someone who cannot love you back. Someone who needs you, holds you, yes, but someone who will never know that love is the knife in your heart.”
― John Dufresne, Love Warps the Mind a Little

tags: hold, knife, knife-in-your-back, love, love-warps-the-mind-a-little, need, unrequited-love

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“The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.”
― John Dufresne

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