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'That's a great deal tomake one word mean,'Alicesaid in a thoughtful tone. 'When I make a word do a lot of work like that,'said Humpty Dumpty,'I always pay it extra.'

-Dodgson
Through the Looking-Glass, ch.6,'Humpty Dumpty'.

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.

-Larkin, Philip Arthur
  'This Be  the Verse'.

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