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- ↑ Santa Claus: I have no knowledge... only understanding.E. E. Cummings (1946). Santa Claus: A Morality. Henry Holt and Company. p. 5.
- ↑ Death: Why, my dear fellow, it looks to me as if you'd have to prove you don't exist yourself.E. E. Cummings (1946). Santa Claus: A Morality. Henry Holt and Company. p. 11.
- ↑ Child: And I'm looking for somebody, too.E. E. Cummings (1946). Santa Claus: A Morality. Henry Holt and Company. p. 5.
- ↑ Woman: How fortunate is dying, since I seem to hear his voice again.E. E. Cummings (1946). Santa Claus: A Morality. Henry Holt and Company. p. 5.
- ↑ Woman: I had remembered love--but who am I? Thanks, Death, for making love remember me.E. E. Cummings (1946). Santa Claus: A Morality. Henry Holt and Company. p. 5.
- ↑ Cummings, E. E. (1967). Firmage, George (ed.). The Theatre of E. E. Cummings. New York: Liveright. pp. ix. ISBN 978-0-87140-654-5.