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“I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score.”

Book:Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse

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Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse

The collection includes selected poems from Betjeman's career, highlighting his reflections on religious themes and the complexities of belief. more

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John Betjeman

John Betjeman was a renowned British poet known for his light-hearted style and passionate depictions of the English countryside and cities. His poetry covered a wide range of themes, from personal抒情 to social commentary. more

“You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence.”

People Writing Years Children Use Speak Language Six Highest Appeals Implications Textbooks Jargon Six Year Olds

Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

“Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the novel, treats not the past but the present.”

Ends Past Lines Wonder Novel Magic Treats Jane Austen

Author:Leslie Fiedler

“A cultivated style would be like a mask. Everybody knows it's a mask, and sooner or later you must show yourself -- or at least, you show yourself as someone who could not afford to show himself, and so created something to hide behind. You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.”

Knows Shows Would Be Behinds Style Mask Sooner Or Later Behind You

Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

“In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become delinquent but the fatherless ones.”

World Children Reality Mother Father Delinquents Fatherless Bad Mother

Author:Louis de Bernieres

“An adversarial family law system raises the stakes unnecessarily high, exacerbates the antagonism of the couples concerned, and is directly responsible for making it impossible for couples who would otherwise have reconciled to do so.”

Law Impossible Couple Concerned Responsible Raises Stakes Antagonism Family Law

Author:Louis de Bernieres

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