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Mark Van Doren
American poet and literary critic (1894–1972).
Born June 13th, 1894 in Vermilion County.
Died December 10th, 1972 at 78 years old in Torrington.
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner