So today in English we had to memorize something from the Canon of Literature and say it in front of the class and then say why we liked it. I did two things. My first:

“Three wise men of Gloucester

Went to sea in a bowl

And if the bowl had been stronger

This poem would have been longer“

That was my favorite poem EVER when I was a kid and the first one I ever memorized. I don’t even remember memorizing it. I think I’ve just always instinctively known it. I don’t even know who wrote it. All I know is that it makes me oh so happy.

My other quote was from Kurt Vonnegut. I was going to do a really long quote about how we are all bugs in amber, but then I realized that there was absolutely no way on this Earth I would be able to memorize that during my 20 minute lunch block. So I chose a slightly shorter excerpt:

“when the last living thing

has died on account of us

how poetical it would be

if Earth could say

in a voice floating up

perhaps

from the floor

of the Grand Canyon

“It is done

People did not like it here“.

I dunno. It just seems really deep and meaningful and beautiful. So simple, yet so disgusted at the way we treat the Earth. The language is so eloquent. If he was still alive, I would find Kurt Vonnegut wherever he lived and convince him to marry me. Sadly, that is no longer an option. But his writing is still more beautiful than anything else I’ve ever read.

My other favorite quotes include ones from the Aeneid, Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein, and, my favorite, an episode from Pokemon. Good to know we’re all focused on getting a trememndous education.