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“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?”
― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

“No matter where I went, no matter who I was with, if I could be honest with myself, then that was where I belonged.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“I like good strong words that mean something…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein