I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse. This is not because I fear having missed out on truths that are incapable of statement in prose. There are no such truths; there is nothing about death that Swinburne and Landor knew but Epicurus and Heidegger failed to grasp. Rather, it is because I would have lived more fully if I had been able to rattle off more old chestnutsâ€â€°–â€â€°just as I would have if I had made more close friends. . Richard M. Rorty
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When one is young, one is not necessarily wise or old enough to know what they really want in life. It is only after the passage of years that one can truly say that they want to spend their life with their friends and family, or that they want to write poetry. However, even in the face of these seemingly simple desires, it is often hard to just go for them. It is all too easy to get caught up in the day-to-day affairs of life and fail to prioritize what is most important. When it comes down to it, though, if you take a deep breath and remember the things you really want from life, you will find that even if you don’t get everything right away, you will eventually get them.

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