Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.
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Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.
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Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
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Then it's merrily, merrily, merrily, whoa To the old gray church they come and go, Some to be married and some to be buried And Old Robin has gone for the mail
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