“The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today.”
R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) American writer
It's Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs (1995)
“And ever, as the story drained
The wells of fancy dry,
And faintly strove that weary one
To put the subject by,
"The rest next time--" "It is next time!"
The Happy voice cry.
Thus grew the tale of Wonderland”
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
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René Lévesque (1922–1987) Quebec politician
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Source: Power and Innocence (1972), Ch. 11 : The Humanity of the Rebel
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