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No One Can Tear Your Thread Out Of Himself. No One Can Tie You Down Or Set You Free.

Novels Seem To Me To Be Richer, Broader, Deeper, More Enjoyable Than Poems.

Most People Know More As They Get Older: I Give All That The Cold Shoulder.

I Think That At The Bottom Of All Art Lies The Impulse To Preserve.