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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.
“One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time...give it, give it all, give it now.”
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“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
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“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
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“Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow...”
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Its fleece was white as snow...”
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“There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.”
― Missing Joseph
― Missing Joseph
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