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"It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation."

"The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field."

"Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early."
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"It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between."

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."

"Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains."

"A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically."
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