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“The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
—Joseph Conrad (18571924)
“Even he was abashed
and I laughed
and held him close
when he went for the knot
of my underclothes
and Id already untied it.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“A city on whom plenty held full hand,
For riches strewed herself even in her streets;
Whose towers bore heads so high they kissed the clouds,
And strangers neer beheld but wondered at.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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