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[wolfishflame]

I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate willfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: I don't know where it's likely to go better. – Robert Frost, "Birches"

[Someone's been thinking a lot since her little Dreaming incident. She'd have read it aloud, but she didn't want to cry. Not in public, anyway.]

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[redlightgreenlight]

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
-Robert Frost "Fire and Ice"

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[wolfishflame]

Yeah. Been thinking about that one, too.

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[redlightgreenlight]

Why is someone so young as you thinking so much about these things?

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[wolfishflame]

[She is soooo not going to answer this honestly. Well. Not totally honestly.]

English class.

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[redlightgreenlight]

Concerned about missing a test?

[She doesn't believe you, Keahi, but she'll go with it, for now.]

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[spoilsfun]

Why are you quoting poetry?

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[wolfishflame]

Why not?

People are using the network to be, pardon my French, bugfuck crazy. May as well bring a little civilization to it.

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[spoilsfun]

It just seems to be an odd choice. Was there a reason you picked Frost?

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[wolfishflame]

I like Frost. What is this, the Spanish Inquisition?

Because I certainly didn't expect it.

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[spoilsfun]

I'm bored and nothing else interesting is happening right now.

[Nothing that he could do without leaving Sherlock's sight, that was. ]

[bostonhowler]

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

- Lord Byron

[wolfishflame]

...big mood. Bigass mood.

I forgot that you're, like, the freakin' English major here.

[bostonhowler]

Not English. My PhD is in Irish fairytales. Not the most useful degree.

But I do understand. There are things I NEED from home that I'm missing.

[wolfishflame]

That is...really specialized.

You run into fae often?

[bostonhowler]

I love my folklore.

Never. But there are rumors that they still exist.

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[looksfine]

May I inquire as to why you are quoting another's words rather than using your own?

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[wolfishflame]

Because sometimes other people phrase things better than I ever could.

Also, I don't want to plagiarize. Proper attribution is important.

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[looksfine]

I do not take issue with the attribution.

You should not dismiss your ability to phrase your own thoughts. It is not about the vocabulary choice; many of us do not speak the same language and are understanding context through translation only. However, they are still your words, and for that reason, are most important.

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[wolfishflame]

That's...kind of you.

I think this is pretty, though. Don't you agree?

And it's pretty accurate to our situations. "May no fate willfully misunderstand me and half grant what I wish and snatch me away not to return".

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[looksfine]

There is...a wish you made, that was only partially successful and currently at threat of being lost completely?

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[purrns]

Call me a poetry amateur, but The Road Not Taken is still my favourite.

They're both pretty melancholy all the same.

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[wolfishflame]

Hey, you don't have to be a poetry hipster. There's a reason that one's popular.

Frost was good at melancholy.

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[purrns]

I like the themes of wondering what the right path it is to take, but ultimately, it doesn't matter. I mean, grass is always greener, right?

He really was.

It's nice to see something different on the network for a change. Something not petty and backstabbing.

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[wolfishflame]

Yeah, definitely. It's hard to think of the different ways your life could have gone. Kinda like a Sliding Doors situation.

Well, I live to serve, amigo.

[commandandcontrol]