be careful, don't die

The Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1977)

“My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn’t know how to cry. Simple.” 

RIP John Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)

Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir

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Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir

O captain, my captain.

Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir 

Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir

Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir

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, “Oh me! Oh life!.. of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless.. of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, Oh me, Oh 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?

Todd loving Neil [insp.] 

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, “Oh me! Oh life!.. of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless.. of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, Oh me, Oh 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?

“no matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”