"But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. Thatâ€™s what was great about them. They tried. Not many do."

-- Jon Krakauer

“I went out with people, but never anything too serious. It wasn't that easy. Now it's something I'm really looking forward to.”
“It's raining my soul, it's raining, but it's raining dead eyes.”

Source : Guillaume Apollinaire (2010). “The Self-Dismembered Man: Selected Later Poems of Guillaume Apollinaire”, p.94, Wesleyan University Press
“The only way to stop a rebellion is to crush it with blood and fire, and to wound them so they'll never dare to raise a hand again.”
“The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest.”
“The religion of the short poem, in every age and in every literature, has a single commandment: Less is always more. The short poem rejects preamble and summary. It's about all and everything, the metaphysics of a few words surrounded by much silence. â€¦The short poem is a match flaring up in a dark universe.”
“"You listen to Portishead, you're not like the others. Want some coke?" I'm like, "Nah, man."”

Source : Source: hiphopdx.com
“Ah! the spendthrift, love: it gives all and everything with the first sigh!”
“In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in every Super Tuesday state the day after South Dakota. The only problem was I didn't have enough money. I had a million dollars left, and Al Gore had three and Michael Dukakis had three and it was lights out.”

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