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Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

—Robert Browning

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Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax.

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You're immature. You've been unable to adjust to the idea of war."
    "Yes, sir."
    "You have a morbid aversion to dying. You probably resent the fact that you're at war and might get your head blown off any second."
    "I more than resent it, sir. I'm absolutely incensed."
    ". . . Misery depresses you. Ignorance depresses you. Persecution depresses you. Violence depresses you. . . . You know, it wouldn't surprise me if you're a manic depressive!

—Joseph Heller

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