get to know me: [7/20] favorite movies ☰ dead poets society.

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?

get to know me [6/20] favorite movies: dead poets society ♥ now we all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular.

O captain, my captain.

"Show me the heart unfettered by foolish dreams and I’ll show you a happy man."

_{Close your eyes. Close them. Now describe what you see. (Dead Poets Society 1989)}

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.