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One reads poetry because he is a member of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion! Medicine, law, banking—these are necessary to sustain life. But poetry, romance, love, beauty? These are what we stay alive for!
That you are here—That life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse!”
To put to rout all that was not life,’” Neil continued, skipping again. “‘And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.’”
What it demonstrates is how difficult it is for any of us to listen to our own voice or maintain our own beliefs in the presence of others. If any of you think you would have marched differently, then ask yourself why you were clapping. 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.
“‘I went to the woods because I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life! To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.’”
trust your heart if the seas catch fire (and live by love though the stars walk backward) honour the past but welcome the future
Hoping for the future when the future’s only plans. Dreaming of the wisdom that we are dodging daily, Praying for a savior when salvation’s in our hands. “And still we sleep. “And still we sleep. And still we pray. And still we fear
