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" When I see a couple of kids
And guess he's fucking her and she's
Taking pills or wearing a diaphragm,
I know this is paradise

Everyone old has dreamed of all their lives—
Bonds and gestures pushed to one side
Like an outdated combine harvester,
And everyone young going down the long slide "

Philip Larkin


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Philip Larkin quote : When I see a couple of kids<br />And guess he's fucking her and she's<br />Taking pills or wearing a diaphragm,<br />I know this is paradise<br /><br />Everyone old has dreamed of all their lives—<br />Bonds and gestures pushed to one side<br />Like an outdated combine harvester,<br />And everyone young going down the long slide