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Al Purdy quotes: 'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.

'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.

Al Purdy quotes: In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.

Al Purdy quotes: For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive.

For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive.

Al Purdy quotes: At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.

At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.

Al Purdy quotes: I started writing when I was about thirteen.

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

Al Purdy quotes: I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.

I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.

Al Purdy quotes: Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke.

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke.

Al Purdy quotes: I don't mind a bit being labelled a suicide.

I don't mind a bit being labelled a suicide.

Al Purdy quotes: I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.

Al Purdy quotes: I don't think I do have a soul.

I don't think I do have a soul.