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For my part, I love to give myself up to the illusion of poetry. A hero of fiction that never existed is just as valuable to me as a hero of history that existed a thousand years ago.Washington Irving
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Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.Washington Irving
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There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed.Washington Irving
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No! no! My engagement is with no bride--the worms! the worms expect me! I am a dead man-- I have been slain by robbers--my body lies at Wurtzburg--at midnight I am to be buried--the grave is waiting for me-- I must keep my appointment!Washington Irving