“I try to forget what happiness was,
and when that don't work, I study the stars.”

— Derek Walcott

"After the Storm"
"A Far Cry from Africa" (1962), "The Schooner Flight" (1980)

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Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright 1930–2017

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“I try to forget what happiness was,and when that don't work, I study the stars.”

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“I try to forget what happiness was,
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