I abhor the idea of a perfect ...

I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.
 Shelby Foote

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I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally, is a lot more interesting than poetry, including the rhythms of prose.
 Shelby Foote
And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.
 Shelby Foote