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• Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so.
  -- John Donne (1572-1631), "Death, be not proud...
• Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes. John Donne
• And rest at last where souls unbodied dwell, In ever-flowing meads of Asphodel.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book xxiv, Line 19...
• T were vain to tell thee all I feel, Or say for thee I 'd die.
  -- J. A. Wade (1800-1875) -- 'T were vain to tell...
• She and comparisons are odious. -- Dr. John Donne (1573-1631) -- Elegy 8, The Compariso
• Who loves me will also love my dog. -- John Donne
• Oh could I fly, I 'd fly with thee! We 'd make with joyful wing Our annual visit o'er the globe, Companions of the spring.
  -- John Logan (1748-1788) -- To the Cuckoo...
• What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth Whether it existed before or not.
  -- John Keats "Woman When I Behold Thee...
• I wonder", he said to himself, "what's in a book while it's closed.
  Oh, I know it's full of letters printed on paper, but all the same, something must be happening, because as soon as I open it, there's a whole story with people I don't know yet and all kinds of adventures and battles....