The Scholar

“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 fill’d 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 will contribute a verse.

That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse.

What will your verse be?”

– John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)




These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (not in any specific order):

Doctor Who (Ten :]) ALWAYS
Merlin
Sherlock
-English
-writing
-Dead Poets Society
-England
-basketball
-poetry
-memorizing poetry and stuff
-Shakespeare (esp. Hamlet)
-literature
-reading
-fantasy
-Psych
-That 70s Show
-Steven Hyde
-zen
-Rose and Clara
-best couples: Ten and Rose, Eleven and River, Lessa and F’lar, Hyde and Jackie, Gareth and Siuan, Charlie and Amita
-LORD OF THE RINGS (Silmarillion, Hobbit, all Tolkien's works, etc.)
-Wheel of Time
-so many authors I can’t name them all
-classics
-quotes
-Legend of Zelda
-Inkspell
-Dragonriders of Pern
-Brandon Sanderson
-QUOTES
-Neil Gaiman
-Davies and Moffatt
-Aragorn
-Philosophy
-Calvin and Hobbes
-Megamind
-Shakespeare
-antique stuff
-pocket watches
-hourglasses
-letter openers
-quill pens
-bookends
-canes
-Psych
-Carpe diem.
-rainy days
-Steve Nash (+ the Phoenix Suns)
-Dallas Mavs too (Dirk!), and OKC
-history
-speech and debate
-languages
-cloaks
-trench coats with pockets on the inside
-sunsets
-swords
-laughing
-drawing pictures of castles when I should be listening to my teacher in chemistry class
-Barnes and Nobles
-Pirates!
-The Avengers! Loki!
-Artists: Chameleon Circuit ;), The Beatles, Led Zep, 70s rock n roll, Switchfoot, Jon Foreman, The Fray, Coldplay, Eminem, Sleeping at Last, Tallest Man on Earth, Future of ForestryAugustana, Jack's Mannequin, The Script, Lifehouse, Rascal Flatts, Josh Groban, Anberlin, Disney music . . .
-Villains: Megamind, Loki
-Star Trek (Spock!) /Stargate (SG1 {Jack O'Neill!}, sometimes Atlantis), and Star Wars, or course (Qui-gon Jinn!)
-travel
-sehnsucht
-weird

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

-also thousands of quotes I could never fit here :]


AND OH SO MUCH MORE