• The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted.

  Brendan Behan
  Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright 1923-1964
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1. consolation
2. stuffing
3. lovely
4. tasted
5. could
6. match

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The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it, if you could get a match, was as good a smoke as I ever tasted. by : Brendan Behan

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