"There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas."
-Robert Staughton Lynd
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"Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.“
-Robert Staughton Lynd
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