“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, “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 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?”
Character John Keating from the movie Dead Poets Society, acted by Robin Williams
Posted by: Jodi | May 30, 2010
Quickly Quotable #10
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Posted in Quickly Quotable | Tags: dead poets society, john keating, life, passion, poetry, quote, robin williams, Whitman, Writing
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Perfect quote for me today ~ ties in beautifully with my last post:
http://nrhatch.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/existential-angst/
“What will your verse be?”
By: nrhatch on May 30, 2010
at 10:04 am
My verse:
“She lived well and died well
and had a marvelous in-between.”
Yours?
By: tsuchigari on May 30, 2010
at 8:39 pm
She lived.
She loved.
She laughed.
She learned.
By: nrhatch on May 30, 2010
at 8:54 pm
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By: Existential Angst « Spirit Lights The Way on May 30, 2010
at 10:06 am
))
By: Richard W Scott on May 30, 2010
at 10:55 am
I love this quote… “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.” It explains perfectly why I quit law and decided to become a writer 🙂
By: Lua on May 30, 2010
at 11:28 pm
I’m a recovering lawyer myself. : )
By: nrhatch on May 31, 2010
at 8:42 am
Nobody’s perfect, we forgive you.
By: tsuchigari on June 1, 2010
at 7:55 am
There is a huge difference between staying alive and living, I hope to figure it out someday!
By: tsuchigari on June 1, 2010
at 7:51 am
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