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“As Frost said, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference.”

"What it demonstrates is how dificult it is for any of us to listen to our own voice or maintain our own beliefs in the presence of others. Lads, there is a great need in all of us to be accepted, but you must trust what is unique or different about yourself, even if it is odd or unpopular."

"When I was little, I thought all parents automatically loved their kids. That's what my teachers told me. That's what I read in the books they gave me. That's what I believed. Well, my parents might have loved my brother, but they did not love me."

"'Carpe Diem,' even if it kills me."

"Stretch it, pull it, it will never cover any of us."
"Go on!" Keating said.
"Kick at it, beat at it, it will never be enough…From the moment we enter crying, to the moment we leave dying, it will cover just your head as you wail and cry and scream!"

"Truth is like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold!"

"Mr. Anderson believes that everything he has inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Correct, Todd? Isn't that your fear?
Then today we will see that what is inside of you is worth a great deal."

“By all means, write about the sky or a girl's smile, but when you do, let your poetry conjure up salvation day, doomsday, any day. I don't care, as long as it enlightens us, thrills us and—if it's inspired-makes us feel' a bit immortal."

"And don't limit poetry to the word. Poetry can be found in music, a photograph, in the way a meal is prepared anything with the stuff of revelation in it. It can exist in the most everyday things but it must never, never be ordinary.“

“deal with the important things in life-love, beauty, truth, justice.”