When I should have been producing obscure volumes of verse entitled the Triumph of Humpty Dumpty or the Nose with the Luminous Dong! Or at best, like Clare, "weaving fearful vision". . A frustrated poet in every man. Though it is perhaps a good idea under the circumstances to pretend at least to be proceeding with one's great work on "Secret Knowledge, " then one can always say when it never comes out that the title explains the deficiency. Malcolm Lowry
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This quote comes from the book "The Catcher in the Rye." Holden is talking about his inability to finish his novel. He just can't seem to settle on the title of his book. He is so unsure of what to call it, that he doesn't want to waste time writing it.

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