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Quote by Edmund Wilson
If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart. – Edmund Wilson

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