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Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

“Seeking in one place always another,
And travelling further from mother, from mother....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“With the nippers to wheel round the houses
And the hall to paint in his old trousers
And that letter to her mother
Saying Won’t you come for the summer.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Who whistled for the wind, that it should break
Gently, on this air?”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)