He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At…

Tom Stoppard
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He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps. ✨ Tom Stoppard (2013). Arcadia, p.55, Faber & Faber
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He says his aim is poetry. One does not aim at poetry with pistols. At poets, perhaps. ✨ Tom Stoppard (2013). Arcadia, p.55, Faber & Faber

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