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Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon Quotes: How can I find the words? Poets have taken them all and left me with nothing to say or do
         

How can I find the words? Poets have taken them all and left me with nothing to say or do""Except to teach me for the first time what they meant.


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