"So I tore out the pages from the story of our lives/ It tore me down to pieces when I finally realized/ You're just an education/ A lesson learned without knowing why."
Hey; if Elon Musk can re-word failure, so can I.
Happy Birthday, Miss Hollander...wherever you are. "I thought I knew what love was. What did I know? Those days are gone forever..." Sei stata meravigliosa questa sera.
"To drive free! to love free! to dash reckless and dangerous! To court destruction with taunts -- with invitations! To ascend -- to leap to the heavens of the love indicated to me! To rise thither with my inebriate Soul! To be lost, if it must be so! To feed the remainder of life with one hour of fullness and freedom! With one brief hour of madness and joy." - Walt Whitman (born: 31 May 1819)
"I think of New York City lost in stars/ forgotten as a blue haired pet of childhood love/ Tonight the night is full;" - Gregory Corso (born: 26 March 1930)
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. - J.R.R. Tolkien (died: 2 September 1973)
Not true; they've lost their minds! Although, that happened long before DOMA died. :-)