"Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, The superstitious atheist."
— Robert Browning

January 1, 1970

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"Bishop Blougram’s Apology", line 395; cited by Graham Greene as the epigraph he would choose for his novels.