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"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. 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, 'O me! O life! ...Of the questions of these recurring, of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life? Answer. That you are here... that life exists, and identify; 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?"
-- John Keating, Dead Poet's Society
-- John Keating, Dead Poet's Society