We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.
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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.
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Birth: | 3rd July, 1937 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Dramatist, Screenwriter, Playwriter |
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