catastrophe

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.
We read and write poetry because we are members
of the human race. And the human race is filled with
passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering,
these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we
stay alive for. To quote from Whitman,
"O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring;
of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled
with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?"

Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity;
that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
What will your verse be?

- John Keating, Dead Poets Society