"There is such a thing as the poetry……" — Charles Baxter
"There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel."
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Charles Baxter
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38 Quotes by Charles Baxter
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