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Sometimes after dinner he could be coaxed into reciting “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” a long and thrilling ballad by the British-Canadian poet Robert Service, that he had learned by heart.
My grandpa loved Robert W. Service. His favorite poem was The Cremation of Sam McGee.
“What can be explained is not poetry.”
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“We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.”
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“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
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“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
― Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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