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When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain, Before high-piled books, in charactery, Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain; When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face, Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance, And think that I may never live to trace Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance; And when I feel, fair creature of an hour, That I shall never look upon thee more, Never have relish in the faery power Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love and fame to nothingness do sink. ↗

— John Keats

#poetry #death

What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#component #fire #people #wondered #written

And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled. (“The Testimony of the Suns”) ↗

— George Sterling

#armageddon #darkness #death #death

Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state. ↗

— Iain Banks

#determines #fascist #free-market #matter #out

I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have. ↗

— Lloyd Banks

#could #fame #honor #i #important

Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption. ↗

— Dorothy Denning

#everyone #proponent #strong

Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere. ↗

— Simon Kuper

#soccer #sports #iraq

Every negative... Has a positive side... ↗