"A lot of the fun lies in trying……" — Anthony Hecht

A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery;… - Anthony Hecht

"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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