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Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.


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Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.



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Borrow my umbrellas, my clothes, my money, and I will likely not think of them again. But borrow my books and I will be on your track like a bloodhound until they are returned.



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