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Sincerity like this staggers me; I've seen too little and too much of it one way and another; I've valued it so highly that when someone hands it to me as directly as you have, I'm not sure whether I should jump for joy or burst into tears. _ Gwendolyn MacEwen to Milton Acorn, 1960 (age 19)
Where the Nights Are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets
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Sincerity like this staggers me; I've seen too little and too much of it one way and another; I've valued it so highly that when someone hands it to me as directly as you have, I'm not sure whether I should jump for joy or burst into tears. _ Gwendolyn MacEwen to Milton Acorn, 1960 (age 19)
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