"They made me see that the world was……" — T.H. White
"They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn't get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get."
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80 Quotes by T.H. White
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The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust.
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Dogs, like very small children, are quite mad.
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