Erik Larson quote ✍️

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I'm always looking for a sign - not in a spooky, supernatural way, but in a 'neurotic writer' kind of way.
Poet’s word, with inverted comma, for the end of the day
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
ENE
Hint 3 another clue
AND STILL ___
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