Robin McLaurin Williams
(July 21, 1951 - August 11, 2014)
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are member 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 requrring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what a 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 may contribute a verse; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"
From Dead Poets Society
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