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“[...] its small squares of fast-passing light, the early evening windows of the lives of hundreds of others.”
― The Whole Story and Other Stories
― The Whole Story and Other Stories
“My heart is warm with the friends I make,
And better friends I'll not be knowing,
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.”
― The Selected Poetry
And better friends I'll not be knowing,
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.”
― The Selected Poetry
“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
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Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
―
“At least when I get on the Boston train I have a good chance of landing in the South Station
And not in that part of the daily press which is reserved for victims of aviation.”
― Hard Lines
And not in that part of the daily press which is reserved for victims of aviation.”
― Hard Lines
“Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it. Those whistles sing bewitchment: railways are irresistible bazaars... Anything is possible on a train...”
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