How the hell do I know what I find incredible? Credibility is an expanding field. . . Sheer … - Tom Stoppard

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I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form.

Tom Stoppard

How the hell do I know what I find incredible? Credibility is an expanding field. . . Sheer disbelief hardly registers on the face before the head is nodding with all the wisdom of instant hindsight.

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