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The singing sands (1952)
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The beasts that talk,
The streams that stand,
The stones that walk,
The singing sand,
That guard the way
To Paradise.
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There were people whose only interest in life was writing letters. To the newspapers, to authors, to strangers, to City Councils, to the police. It did not much matter to whom; the satisfaction of writing seemed to be all.
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'Grumbling' was a highly inadequate word to describe the blazing opposition that lighted Pat like a torch. He throbbed with it, like a car at rest with the engine running.
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That was the way with grief: it left you alone for months together until you thought that you were cured, and then without warning it blotted out the sunlight.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
Josephine Tey
Born:
July 25, 1896
Died:
February 13, 1952
(aged 55)
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