“I've given guys blow jobs just because I've run out of things to talk about.'
Oh, Rae. Who hasn't”
― Crooked Little Heart
Oh, Rae. Who hasn't”
― Crooked Little Heart
“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”
― Dead Poets Society
― Dead Poets Society
“I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
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