Gracie:)

“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?”
― John Keating

“Come out and play with me, my star. I know you’re in there somewhere, burning away where you think no one can see you. Imagine how brightly you’d shine if you embraced all that fire.”
― Harper L. Woods, What Lies Beyond the Veil

“I am so enthused by the learning that I temporarily forget that we are not friends.”
― Ruby Granger, Erimentha Parker's To Do List: A Bullying Story

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables