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> [In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave in certain ways. And I wrote, 'I don't think Chaucer had any idea why he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/in-the-final-exam-in-the-chaucer-course-we-were-asked-why-he-used/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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