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“Shakespeare’s felicity is so often taught it is easy to overlook how taut the sinews in his neck must have been when he grasped his pen, or the musk that exuded from the fat of his chin below a somewhat chthonic grin— life wrestled death on his desk when he composed.” quote by BJ Ward — Download Open image

““Shakespeare’s felicity is so often taught it is easy to overlook how taut the sinews in his neck must have been when he grasped his pen, or the musk that exuded from the fat of his chin below a somewhat chthonic grin— life wrestled death on his desk when he composed.””

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