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You can look out of your life like a train & see what you're heading for, but you can't stop the train.
Philip Larkin
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Philip Larkin
Age: 63 †
Born: 1922
Born: August 9
Died: 1985
Died: December 2
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Coventry
England
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Philip Arthur Larkin
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... everyone young going down the long slide To happiness, endlessly.
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