The ordinary-sized stuff which is our lives, the things people write p…

Tom Stoppard
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The ordinary-sized stuff which is our lives, the things people write poetry about—clouds—daffodils—waterfalls—what happens in a cup of coffee when the cream goes in—these things are full of mystery, as mysterious to us as the heavens were to the Greeks. ✨ Tom Stoppard (2013). Arcadia, p.62, Faber & Faber
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