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Philip Larkin, the revered English poet and librarian, captured the essence of post-war Britain with his poignant verse and wry observations on love, mortality, and the passage of time. From his iconic collection "The Whitsun Weddings" to his acclaimed poem "This Be the Verse," Larkin's literary legacy continues to resonate with readers for its honesty, clarity, and profound insight into the human condition.
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"I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?"

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"Nothing, like something, happens anywhere."

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"Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth."

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"They say eyes clear with age."

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"Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up."

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"You can't put off being young until you retire."

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"Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it."

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"I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day."

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"Death is no different whined at than withstood."

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"In everyone there sleeps. A sense of life lived according to love. To some it means the difference they could make. By loving others, but across most it sweeps. As all they might have done had they been loved. That nothing cures."

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"Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself."

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