A Quote by Sara Paretsky
I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses.
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A tree there is that from its topmost bough
Is half all glittering flame and half all green
Abounding foliage moistened with the dew;
And half is half and yet is all the scene;
And half and half consume what they renew.
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