More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
But poetry, romance, love, beauty? These are what we stay alive for!
Thoreau said, ‘Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.’ Why be resigned to that? Risk walking new ground.
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.
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.’”
“A woman is a cathedral, boys. Worship one at every chance you get,” Keating said.
