Everything has a meaning, if only we could read it.

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My only real claim to anyone's attention lies in my writing.

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Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.

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For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.

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True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

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That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

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What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose.

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One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

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We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.

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I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.

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