I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.
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It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony.Laurence Housman
If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write.
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If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.
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My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together.
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The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted.
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Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.
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