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" History says, 'Don't hope on this side of the grave.' "

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" I don't do as many readings as I used to. There was a time when I was on the road a lot more, at home in Ireland, in Britain, in Canada and the States, a time when I had more stamina and appetite for it. "

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" If poetry and the arts do anything, they can fortify your inner life, your inwardness. "

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