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“Ceux qui luttent ce sont ceux qui vivent.. And down here they luttent a very great deal indeed.. But if life be the desideratum,. why grieve,. ils vivent..” quote by Stevie Smith — Download Open image

““Ceux qui luttent ce sont ceux qui vivent.. And down here they luttent a very great deal indeed.. But if life be the desideratum,. why grieve,. ils vivent..””

Stevie Smith

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“Raise from your bed of languor Raise from your bed of dismay Your friends will not come tomorrow As they did not come today You must rely on yourself, they said, You must rely on yourself, Oh but I find this pill so bitter said the poor man As he took it from the shelf Crying, O sweet Death come…

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I like food, I like stripping vegetables of their skins, I like to have a slim young parsnip under my knife.

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