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"I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be."
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"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in."

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"It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."

"But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."
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"Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold."

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"Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows."
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