Pope Gregory I

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    Satire’s my weapon, but I’m too discreet
    To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet;
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. It’s another thing, though, to hold up that cloth for inspection.
    —John Gregory Brown (20th century)