That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged ‐ to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.
Hermann Hesse, Gertrude

Tis hatched and shall be so
William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew

Walter: I want you all to consider what I am about to suggest to you. You people seem to want what we've got. Well, we have room for you. We have room for you and about 30 of your friends. You would be students of course, but you'd also be teachers. And the new civilizations you would be travelling to would be unlike anything you've ever seen before. But I promise you, you will all lead productive lives.

Ben Luckett: Forever?

Walter: We don't know what forever is.
Movie, Cocoon

Final report, the commercial star-ship Nostromo. Third officer reporting. The other members of the crew‐Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash, and Captain Dallas‐are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier within six weeks. With a little luck the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.
Movie, Alien

Oh, don't mind Humpty. He's inhaled a hell of a lot of super‐glue.
Bill Willingham, Jack of Fables, Vol. 4: Americana

Hurt, Violet Orlandi

Nothing Else Matters, Violet Orlandi

Numb, Violet Orlandi

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