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The Squab

by Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash

Toward a better world I contribute my modest smidgin;
I eat the squab, lest it become a pigeon.




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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
• Honore de Balzac


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