May 2010
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I compare human life to a large mansion of many apartments, two of which I can...
– John Keats, Letter to John Hamilton Reynolds (May 3, 1818)
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Sophomore year. Neither one of them liked the other very much, but all their...
– Harlan Coben, One False Move
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I wish to leave the world
I wish to leave the world passing by the nature’s door on a chariot of green leaves they shall carry me to die.
Do not put me in the dark To die like a traitor; I am good, and like a good thing I will die with my face to the sun
José Marti
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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in...
– Francis Bacon, Of Death (1625)
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The Love Song
Out of the blackthorn edges I caught a tune And before it could vanish, seized It, wrote it down. Gave to a girl, so praising Her eyes, lips and hair She had little knowing, it was only thorn Had dreamed of a girl there. Prettily she thanked me, and never Guessed any of my deceit… But O Earth is this the only way Man may conquer, a girl surrender her sweet?
Ivor Gurney
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I invite you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes...
– Newton N. Minow
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