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A great book is a homing device For navigating paradise. A good book somehow makes you care About the comfort of a chair. A bad book owes to many trees A forest of apologies.
J. Patrick Lewis
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J. Patrick Lewis
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: May 5
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