“And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.”

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British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot a… 1916–1990

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“And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.”

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