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“Originality is being different from oneself, not others.”
― Philip Larkin, Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

“So many things I had thought forgotten
Return to my mind with stranger pain:
Like letters that arrive addressed to someone
Who left the house so many years ago.

from “Why Did I Dream of You Last Night?,”
― Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

“Since the majority of me
Rejects the majority of you,
Debating ends forthwith, and we
Divide.”
― Philip Larkin

“One of the quainter quirks of life is that we shall never know who dies on the same day as we do ourselves.”
― Philip Larkin, Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

“Time is the echo of an axe
Within a wood.”
― Philip Larkin, Collected Poems

“SEX is designed for people who like overcoming obstacles.”
― Philip Larkin

“This is the first thing I have understood:
Time is the echo of an axe within a wood.”
― Philip Larkin