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One of the quainter quirks of life is that we shall never know who dies on the dame day as we do ourselves.
Philip Larkin
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Philip Larkin
Age: 63 †
Born: 1922
Born: August 9
Died: 1985
Died: December 2
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Music Critic
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Coventry
England
UK
Philip Arthur Larkin
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Give me a thrill, says the reader, Give me a kick I don't care how you succeed, or What subject you pick.
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I have wished you something None of the others would.
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Most people know more as they get older: I give all that the cold shoulder.
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