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“If you really …
“If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective way is directly. It only goes in about half an inch. But if you can get...
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven – A micro-review
The novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom is an incredibly powerful and moving book. Not only does it have a great plot, relatable characters and (for lack of a better word) simply...
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“Every ending i…
“Every ending is a new beginning, we just don’t see it yet.” -Mitch Albom One of the first quotes I read from Albom’s novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven. A great thought for many aspects of life...
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“[Kubrick’s fil…
“[Kubrick's films] were of his time, ahead of his time, and timeless.” -Movie Geeks United One of the only ways to describe his filmmaking… Check out Movie Geeks United, they’re brilliant!...
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An Airplane’s Plight: A lyric poem by Mitchell Charman
I wrote this in response to the grounding of all planes in Melbourne in 2011 due to the erupting volcano in Chile… Whether it be the dark of night Or in the day when all is light It flies on at its...
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“Need say not m…
“Need say not more? Or not more need be said? Said more for not need, and more need not be said.” Wrote a improvised version of this to someone on Facebook trying to be philosophical… it didn’t make...
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“A real book is…
“A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.” -W.H. Auden A quote up in my Literature class. Upon researching Auden, I found many a wise and droll statement spoken by him. Others...
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The More Loving One – W.H. Auden
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to...
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The Tyger – William Blake
Taken from Songs of Innocence and Experience, partner poem with The Lamb (The Lamb: Songs of Innocence, The Tyger: Songs of Experience)… Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night;...
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Here I Stand
Here I stand: The modern day- Here I stand and here I stay. Everything’s changed from yesterday For better or worse; it’s hard to say. Here I stand: as though I must, Wondering what’s become of us....
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“Literature sho…
“Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.” -Kurt Vonnegut Good way of putting it… I feel as though I am taking it this way. He never forgot where is audience was, and we should...
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Welcome to Reality
Welcome to reality… Where the greedy prosper, And the hard workers go under. Fairness not governing Life or death: most good People suffer or die young. Where our worth is measured By numbers....
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Here I Stand
Here I stand: The modern day- Here I stand and here I stay. Everything’s changed from yesterday For better or worse; it’s hard to say. Here I stand: as though I must, Wondering what’s become of us....
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Welcome to Reality
Welcome to reality… Where the greedy prosper, And the hard workers go under. Fairness not governing Life or death: most good People suffer or die young. Where our worth is measured By numbers....
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