We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; bu... - William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist

"We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops---which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair."

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