I made no more protests. What was the use of struggling against fate ✨…

Robert Graves
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I made no more protests. What was the use of struggling against fate ✨ Robert Graves, Richard Francis (2000). I, Claudius ; and, Claudius the god, Carcanet Press Ltd.
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Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves. ✨ Robert Graves, Patrick J. Quinn (2000). Some speculations on lite … ▶
Love at first sight'some say misnaming Discovery of twinned helplessness Against the huge tug of procreation. But friendship at first sight? This also Catches fiercely at the surprised heart So that … ▶
The butterfly, a cabbage-white, (His honest idiocy of flight) Will never now, it is too late, Master the art of flying straight. ✨ Robert Graves, Frank L. Kersnowski (1989). Conversations with Robert … ▶
There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either. ✨ Robert Graves, Frank L. Kersnowski (1989). Conversations with Robert Graves, p.71, Univ. Press of Mississippi
The gas-cylinders had by this time been put into position on the front line. A special order came round imposing severe penalties on anyone who used any word but accessory in speaking of the gas. Thi … ▶

I made no more protests. What was the use of struggling against fate ✨ Robert Graves, Richard Francis (2000). I, Claudius ; and, Claudius the god, Carcanet Press Ltd.

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