Quote by Anthony Hecht
A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery and this

A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice. – Anthony Hecht

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