“It's not the same thing: coffee without cream or coffee without milk.
What you don't get is part of the identity of what you get.”
―
What you don't get is part of the identity of what you get.”
―
“Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature. Oh, praise the eternal justice of man!”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness. The work of ameliorating the conditions of life -- the true civilizing process that makes life more and more secure -- had gone steadily on to a climax... And the harvest was what I saw.”
― The Time Machine
― The Time Machine
“Sevmek bir anlamda senden olmayana ulaşmak, bunun için çabalamak değil midir? Senden farklı olmayan birine niye ulaşmaya çalışasın ki?”
― Bab-ı Esrar
― Bab-ı Esrar
“Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.”
― Richard III
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.”
― Richard III
Poetry Close Reading Group
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We will attempt to close read difficult/modern poems. This will be a continuation of the practice of close reading that we started in ModPo: https://c ...more
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